Here’s a mini biography of the brilliant Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan:
📐 Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920)
The Self Taught Genius of Mathematics
Srinivasa Ramanujan was an extraordinary Indian mathematician who made groundbreaking contributions to number theory, infinite series, and mathematical analysis—all without formal training.
👶 Early Life:
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Born on 22 December 1887 in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India.
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From a young age, he displayed a deep fascination with numbers.
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Largely self-taught, he studied old math books and invented his own formulas.
🧮 Mathematical Work:
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Created thousands of theorems, many of which were ahead of his time.
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Discovered new ideas in:
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Infinite series
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Partitions of numbers
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Modular functions
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Ramanujan’s tau function
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Known for intuitive, elegant formulas—some still not fully understood today.
✈️ Journey to Cambridge:
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In 1913, he sent a letter with his work to G.H. Hardy, a famous British mathematician.
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Hardy was astonished and invited him to Trinity College, Cambridge.
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Together, they produced several important papers.
😔 Final Years:
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Ramanujan’s health suffered due to poor diet and cold weather in England.
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He returned to India in 1919 and died a year later at just 32 years old.
🏆 Legacy:
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Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (1918) – a rare honor.
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His notebooks are still studied today, filled with unproven but correct identities.
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His life story was made into a film: "The Man Who Knew Infinity" (2015).
🔢 "An equation has no meaning," he once said,
"unless it expresses a thought of God."