Probably ramanujans life has no parallel in the history of human thought. A celebration of mathematics 2015 ramanujan prize award ceremony ictp 3 september 2015. To submit students of this mathematician, please use the new data form, noting this mathematicians mgp id of 91561 for the advisor id. A short biography of famous mathematician srinivasa. You should attend if you are a student or faculty from academic institution interested to learn the influence of ramanujan in number theory. Srinivasa ramanujan 18871920 was an indian mathematician who made great and original contributions to many mathematical fields, including complex analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. Ramanujan, who lived a short but very productive life, continues to be an inspiration for mathematicians across the world, and his work has inspired a lot of research over the years. India is a country blessed with great mathematicians and scientists. Probably ramanujan s life has no parallel in the history of human thought. In the rich heritage that india has, one such great mathematician is srinivasa ramanujan. The son of a clerk in a cloth merchants shop, at the age of, ramanujan had mastered loneys trigonometry and calculated the length of the earths equator. The man who knew infinity ramanujan educational institutes. Ramanujan has 18 books on goodreads with 12209 ratings.
Littlewood, two worldclass mathematicians at cambridge, and enjoyed an extremely fruitful period of collaboration with them. Every time some matter was mentioned, littlewood remarked once, ramanujans response was an avalanche of original. Without any formal education and extreme poverty conditions, he emerged as one of great mathematician of india. In the early 21st century, computers calculated pi to 31,415,926,535,897 decimal places, as well as its twoquadrillionth digit when expressed in binary 0. Original scribners hardcover edition, 1991 a fascinating account of ramanujan s life which reads like a sad romantic novel. Nearly all his claims have now been proven correct. Heres a look at some interesting facts about the mathematical genius srinivasa ramanujan aiyangar. Ramanujan s mathematical heritage ramanujan s interests include in nite series, integrals, asymptotic expansions and approximations, gamma function, hypergeometric and qhypergeometric functions, continued fractions, theta functions, class invariants, diophantine equations, congruences, magic squares. But what is missing in the literature is an analysis that would place his mathematics in context and interpret it in terms of modern developments. The mathematics genius, srinivasa ramanujan aiyangar 1887 1920 is best known for his work on continued fractions and hypergeometric series. Srinivasa ramanujan was a mathematician brilliant beyond comparison who inspired many great mathematicians. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to.
His mathematician approaches have been proved to be highly intellectual and innovative. Srinivasa ramanujan was one of the most brilliant mathematicians of the 20th century. Srinivasa ramanujan frs tamil 22 december 1887 26 april 1920 was an indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no. There is extensive literature available on the work of ramanujan. Srinivasa ramanujan was a great mathematician, who became world famous at the age of twentysix. One of the greatest mathematicians of india, ramanujans contribution to the theory of numbers has been profound. Ramanujan was produced by the independent indian production house camphor cinema. Introduction srinivasa ramanujan, hailed as one of the greatest mathematicians of this century, left behind an incredibly vast and formidable amount of original work, which. There is extensive literature available on the work of ramanujan, but what is more difficult to find in the literature is an analysis that would place his mathematics in context and interpret it in terms of modern developments. Since the mandate of ictp is to strengthen science in developing countries, the ramanujan prize has been created for mathematicians from developing countries.
Srinivasa ramanujan was an indian mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, and continued fractions. Our july insights column was inspired by the mathematics of the phenomenal 20thcentury number theorist srinivasa ramanujan, whose romantic and tragic life story was the subject of the recent film the man who knew infinity. Julius axelrod, nobel laureate this is the best biography of a mathematician, in fact of any scientist, that i have ever read. Ramanujans most popular book is folktales from india. Srinivasa ramanujan malik blackman ramanujans life untrained. Srinivasa ramanujan was an indian mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical. Mathematicians centuryold secrets unlocked live science. There is no doubt that srinivas ramanujan was a magical genius, one of the greatest of all time. The man who knew infinity a life of the genius ramanujan. He has been compared to a bursting supernova, illuminating the darkest, most profound corners of mathematics, before being tragically struck down by tuberculosis at the age of 33.
The ramanujan prime, the ramanujan theta function, partition formulae, and mock theta functions, have opened entire new areas of work and inspired a vast amount of further research. Mathematics genealogy project department of mathematics north dakota state university p. Biography of srinivasa ramanujan srinivasa ramanujan. Pdf contributions of srinivasa ramanujan to number theory. Ramanujan the man who knew infinity was a childhood prodigy who had command on all the complex maths equations and theorems just like a knife in the butter.
As a student, he became so totally immersed in his work with mathematics that he ignored his other subjects and failed his college exams. He was indeed a mathematical phenomenon of the twentieth century. Ramanujan s notebooks recorded his work in 4 notebooks of loose leaf paper results were written without derivation mathematician bruce c. Ramanujan s mock theta functions and some recent developments. Pdf a note on mathematics genius srinivasa ramanujan, frs. Hardy, compared his mathematical prowess to that of euler and jacobi, two of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
This legendary genius of india ranks among the all time greats like euler and jacobi. Although he was almost completely unaware of modern developments in mathematics, his mastery of continued fractions was unequaled by any living mathematician. Srinivasa ramanujan frs fellow of royal society22 december 1887 26 april 1920 was an indian mathematician, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary. Life and work of the mathemagician srinivasa ramanujan. Anyone who ever heard of srinivasa ramanujan and reads the compelling ragstointellectualriches story of. Jul 14, 2016 tragically, ramanujan died at age 32, after only about six years as a professional mathematician, during which his output was stupendous.
Srinivasa ramanujan was one of the indias greatest mathematical geniuses. Ramanujan had noted down the results of his researches, without proofs, as in a synopsis of elementary results, a book on pure mathematics, by g. Srinivasa ramanujan was a mathematical genius who made numerous contributions in the field, namely in number theory. Srinivasa ramanujan was born december 22, 1887 in the city of erode, in his grandmothers house.
In a lifespan of 32 years, ramanujan contributed more to mathematics than many other accomplished mathematicians. Hardy, leading english pure mathematician whose work was mainly in analysis and number theory. Indian mathematician srinivasa ramanujan, the tata institute. A short biography of famous mathematician srinivasa ramanujan part 1. If you have additional information or corrections regarding this mathematician, please use the update form. The man who knew infinity ramanujan college of management. Srinivasa ramanujan was a famous indian mathematician.
Srinivasa ramanujan frs born 18871222 22 december 1887 erode, madras presidency, british india died 26 april 1920 19200426 aged 32 kumbakonam, madras presidency, british india nationality british india education government arts college no degree pachaiyappas college no degree trinity college, cambridge bsc, 1916 known for landauramanujan constant mock theta functions. Srinivasa rao the institute of mathematical sciences, chennai 600 1. Srinivasa ramanujan was born on december 22, 1887 in the. But at age 16 his life took a decisive turn after he obtained a book titled a synopsis of. Ramanujans notebooks the history of the notebooks, in brief, is the following. He was born on december 22, 1887 at kumbakonam in the city of chennai, erstwhile madras. Might have worked on slate or may be influenced by g. Srinivasa ramanujan was the strangest man in all of mathematics, probably in the entire history of science. What are some interesting facts about srinivasa ramanujan.
Srinivasa ramanujan was a largely selftaught pure mathematician. Srinivasa ramanujan the mathematics genealogy project. Ramanujan and mathematics in india texpoint fonts used in emf. Attempted coaching by littlewood littlewood found ramanujan a sometimes exasperating student. Ramanujan s knowledge of mathematics most of which he had worked out for himself was startling. Duration july 25 august 6, 2016 number of participants for the course will be limited to fifty. This is the moving story of the life of ramanujan, the great indian mathematical genius who was born in 1887. Aug 08, 2016 ramanujan produced magical mathematical theorems seemingly out of thin air that yielded unexpected new connections, like the formula shown below, which links the three famous constants phi the golden ratio, e the base of natural logarithms and. Dec 28, 2015 ramanujan then set out some of his remarkable results. Dec 27, 2012 ramanujan, a selftaught mathematician born in a rural village in south india, spent so much time thinking about math that he flunked out of college in india twice, ono said. Srinivasa ramanujan frs tamil 22 december 1887 26 april 1920 was an indian mathematician and autodidact who. Carr, in three notebooks, between the years 1903 1914, before he left for england.
Ramanujan in cambridge work with hardy i have never met his equal, and can compare him only with euler or jacobi. No doubt, we live and breathe in maths every minute. S carrs book which stated results without proofs mathematicians such as hardy. Ramanujan,is remembered as the most brilliant mathematician of india. Three puzzles inspired by ramanujan quanta magazine. Ramanujan,due to his extreme poverty,could not even complete his college education. In this book, we examine chapters 1015 in ramanujans second note book. Hardy graduated from trinity college, cambridge, in 1899, became a fellow at trinity in 1900, and lectured there in mathematics from 1906 to 1919. Life and work of the mathemagician srinivasa ramanujan k. Ramanujan hailed as an alltime great mathematician, like euler, gauss or jacobi, for his natural genius, has left behind 4000 original theorems, despite his lack of formal education and a short lifespan. Ramanujan is a 2014 biographical film based on the life of renowned indian mathematician srinivasa ramanujan. Ramanujan, a selftaught mathematician born in a rural village in south india, spent so much time thinking about math that he flunked out of college in india twice, ono said. Before he was 23 and in spite of poverty and unemployment, ramanujan had. Ramanujan then set out some of his remarkable results.
Thus was srinivasa ramanujan 18871920 introduced to the mathematical world. The importance of his research continues to be studied and inspires. Anyone who ever heard of srinivasa ramanujan and reads the compelling ragstointellectualriches story of ramanujan contained in the two notices, one by g. Srinivasa ramanujan was a mathematician brilliant beyond compare. Magic squares, theory of partitions, ramanujans contribution to the concept of highly composite numbers, expressions for. The mathematician mark kac divided all geniuses into two types. Hardy ramanujan number once hardy visited to putney where ramanujan was hospitalized. Hardy is the british mathematician who first appreciated the full extent of ramanujan s talent, knew him well personally, and had a fruitful mathematical collaboration with him. First hand testimony and insightful thoughts on ramanujan s background and way of doing mathematics can be found in hardys lecture indian mathematician ramanujan. The question has to be asked about all great mathematicians who died young notably evariste galois, inventor of group theory, who died at 20 in a gun duel. Ramanujans knowledge of mathematics most of which he had worked out for himself was startling. His mathematical ideas transformed and reshaped 20. Ramanujan devoted all of his efforts to mathematics and continued to record his.
Srinivasa ramanujan born december 22, 1887 in erode, india was an indian mathematician who made substantial contributions to mathematics including results in number theory, analysis, and infinite seriesdespite having little formal training in math. Hardy, who worked with him for a number of years, described him as a natural mathematical genius. He made substantial contributions to the analytical theory of numbers and worked on elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series. But at age 16 his life took a decisive turn after he obtained a book titled a synopsis of elementary results in pure and applied mathematics. The film, written and directed by gnana rajasekaran, was shot back to back in the tamil and english languages. Hindered by poverty and illhealth, his highly original work has considerably enriched number theory. Biography of srinivasa ramanujan, mathematical genius. Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet.
His story is told in the movie the man who knew infinity, screening tonight in selected cinemas in. Srinivasa ramanujan frs 22 december 1887 26 april 1920 was an indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. He worked out the riemann series, the elliptic integrals, hypergeometric series, the functional equations of the zeta function, and his. Mathematicians in history srinivasa ramanujan srinivasa ramanujan was a selftaught indian mathematician, viewed by many to be one of the greatest mathematical geniuses in history. Hardy came to see ramanujan in taxi number 1729,ramanujan said that 1729 is the smallest number which can be written in the form of sum of cubes of two numbers in two ways,i. Berndt says that ramanujan was able to make the proofs but chose not to. Ramanujans mock theta functions and some recent developments. Srinivasa ramanujan quotes 17 science quotes dictionary. If you would like to contribute, please donate online using credit card or bank transfer or mail your taxdeductible contribution to.
Srinivasa ramanujan biography childhood, life achievements. Original scribners hardcover edition, 1991 a fascinating account of ramanujans life which reads like a sad romantic novel. Mathematician ramanujan biographical book pdf download free. The mathematics genealogy project is in need of funds to help pay for student help and other associated costs. Srinivasa aiyangar ramanujan,popularly known as srinivasa ramanujan or s. He made significant contributions to the field of mathematics and had mastered the concepts of the subject at quite a young age.
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