More recently his discoveries have been applied to physics, where his theta function lies at the heart of string theory. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk in madras, india. Srinivasa ramanujan was born on december 22, 1887 in erode, a city in the tamil nadu state of india. 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. The indian mathematician srinivasa ramanujan aiyangar is best known for his work on hypergeometric series and continued fractions. It contains the 37 papers published in professional journals by ramanujan during his lifetime. Life and work of the mathemagician srinivasa ramanujan k. Collected papers of srinivasa ramanujan, by srinivasa ramanujan, g. Conlationes fecit in theoria numerorum, infinitate et fractiones 1729. Littlewood, two worldclass mathematicians at cambridge, and enjoyed an extremely fruitful period of collaboration with them. The book was a synopsis of elementary results in pure and applied mathematics 1880, revised. Ramanujans nots ramanujan srinivasa aiyangar download.
Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued. Srinivasa ramanujan was a mathematical genius who made numerous contributions in the field, namely in number theory. The mathematics genealogy project is in need of funds to help pay for student help and other associated costs. The purpose of this paper is to introduce some of the contributions of.
Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to the science, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to. Srinivasa ramanujan 18871920 is one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century. Yet there may be more of a mystery about ramanujan. Srinivasa iyengar was a clerk while his mother, komalatammal performed as a singer, in a temple. Srinivasa ramanujan born december 22, 1887 in erode, india was an indian mathematician who made substantial contributions to mathematicsincluding results in number theory, analysis, and infinite seriesdespite having little formal. Janakiammal ramanujan, the wife of srinivasa ramanujan, acclaimed as the greatest mathematician of this century, breathed her last on the morning of april, 1994, at her residence 14, hanumantharayan koil street, triplicane, chennai 600 005, at the age of 94.
Ramanujan was born in his grandmothers house in erode, a small village about 400 km southwest of madras now chennai. India is a country blessed with great mathematicians and scientists. Biography of srinivasa ramanujan, mathematical genius. He was born on december 22, 1887 at kumbakonam in the city of chennai, erstwhile madras. Berndt ams, 2000, isbn 0821820761 this book was originally published in 1927 after ramanujan s death. The lost notebook and other unpublished papers of srinivasa ramanujan book. The articles written about the mathematical genius srinivasa ramanujan typically conclude, appropriately, about the sadness that such a gifted person should have died at such a young age, and attribute that to the debilitating illness of tuberculosis. Srinivasa ramanujan was born on december 22, 1887 in the. Even though they belonged to the brahmins who are known to be the highest caste of hinduism. He made substantial contributions to the analytical theory of numbers and worked on elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series. Srinivasa rao the institute of mathematical sciences, chennai 600 1. Pdf contributions of srinivasa ramanujan to number theory. The importance of his research continues to be studied and inspires. Srinivasa ramanujan the mathematics genealogy project.
Srinivasa ramanujan project gutenberg selfpublishing. A short biography of famous mathematician srinivasa. Srinivasa aiyangar february 22, 1887 april 26, 1920. Srinivasa ramanujan, born december 22, 1887, erode, indiadied april 26, 1920, kumbakonam, indian mathematician whose contributions to the theory of numbers include pioneering discoveries of the properties of the partition function. Mathematics genealogy project department of mathematics north dakota state university p. International math union prizes, including a ramanujan prize. Iiit jhalwa,allahabadit is one of the most romantic stories in the history of mathematics. Hardy ramanujan number once hardy visited to putney where ramanujan was hospitalized. Ramanujans formula for the riemann zeta function extended. Matthew browns film, the man who knew infinity, is an account of the unlikely friendship between two mathematicians, gh hardy and 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. In the rich heritage that india has, one such great mathematician is srinivasa ramanujan. Srinivasa ramanujan was a largely selftaught pure mathematician. Complicite production of a disappearing number a play about ramanujan s work. Life and work of the mathemagician srinivasa ramanujan. The ramanujan journal an international journal devoted to ramanujan. 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. His fathers name was k srinivasa aiyangar and his mother was komalatammal. Srinivasa ramanujan had his interest in mathematics unlocked by a book. Srinivasa ramanujan aiyangar was born on 22 december 1887, at erode in the madras province of india to a poor brahman family. Pdf the purpose of this paper is to introduce some of the contributions of srinivasa ramanujan to number theory.
Hardy mathematicus anglus adiutus srinivasam intrandum in universitate cantabrigiensis. Beyond the biopic, this is the story of a little boy from kumbakonam and his struggle to prove his theorems and himself. Srinivasa ramanujan was one of indias greatest mathematical geniuses. I considered it my good fortune to give him rice, lemon. It wasnt by a famous mathematician, and it wasnt full of the most uptodate work, either. Hindered by poverty and illhealth, his highly original work has considerably enriched number theory. Srinivasa ramanujan was an indian mathematician who lived during the british rule in india. If you would like to contribute, please donate online using credit card or bank transfer or mail your taxdeductible contribution to. Hardy taxiraedam advexit eum visitandum, et insulsus. Ramanujan srinivasa aiyangar srinivasa ramanujan is, arguably, the greatest mathematician that india has produced. Srinivasa iyengar ramanujan born 22 december 1887 kumbakonam, madras presidency british india died 26 april 1920 chetput, madras, british india college government arts college pachaiyappas college cambridge university academic advisors g. Srinivasa ramanujan was an indian mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, and continued fractions.
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