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    Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. With almost no formal mathematical training, he independently discovered advanced mathematical theorems. Ramanujan demonstrated natural mathematical genius from a young age. He was invited to study at Cambridge University, where he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Tragically, Ramanujan died young at the age of 32 from illness. He is renowned for independently compiling nearly 3900 mathematical results, most of which have now been proven correct.

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    Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. With almost no formal mathematical training, he independently discovered advanced mathematical theorems. Ramanujan demonstrated natural mathematical genius from a young age. He was invited to study at Cambridge University, where he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Tragically, Ramanujan died young at the age of 32 from illness. He is renowned for independently compiling nearly 3900 mathematical results, most of which have now been proven correct.

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    Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. With almost no formal mathematical training, he independently discovered advanced mathematical theorems. Ramanujan demonstrated natural mathematical genius from a young age. He was invited to study at Cambridge University, where he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Tragically, Ramanujan died young at the age of 32 from illness. He is renowned for independently compiling nearly 3900 mathematical results, most of which have now been proven correct.

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    Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. With almost no formal mathematical training, he independently discovered advanced mathematical theorems. Ramanujan demonstrated natural mathematical genius from a young age. He was invited to study at Cambridge University, where he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Tragically, Ramanujan died young at the age of 32 from illness. He is renowned for independently compiling nearly 3900 mathematical results, most of which have now been proven correct.

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    Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory and infinite series despite having little formal training. He developed his own mathematical research in isolation in India and rediscovered known theorems as well as producing new work.

    Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician and autodidact born in 1887 in India. He showed extraordinary natural talent and self-taught himself advanced mathematics from a young age.

    Ramanujan received some formal schooling in India but was largely self-taught. He conducted his own mathematical research and received scholarships but also had some of his scholarships revoked for failing non-mathematical coursework.

    Srinivasa Ramanujan

    Srinivasa Ramanujan
    Born 22 December 1887
    Erode, Madras Presidency (now Tamil)
    Died 26 April 1920 (aged 32)
    Chetput, Madras, Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu)
    Residence Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
    Nationality Indian
    Fields Mathematics
    Alma mater Government Arts College
    Pachaiyappa's College
    Academic advisors G. H. Hardy
    J. E. Littlewood
    Known for LandauRamanujan constant
    Mock theta functions
    Ramanujan conjecture
    Ramanujan prime
    RamanujanSoldner constant
    Ramanujan theta function
    Ramanujan's sum
    RogersRamanujan identities
    Ramanujan's master theorem
    Influences G. H. Hardy
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    Srinivasa Ramanujan

    Srinivasa Ramanujan (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. Living in India with no access to the larger mathematical
    community, which was centered in Europe at the time, Ramanujan
    developed his own mathematical research in isolation. As a result, he
    rediscovered known theorems in addition to producing new work.
    Ramanujan was said to be a natural genius by the English
    mathematician G. H. Hardy, in the same league as mathematicians such
    as Euler and Gauss.
    Ramanujan was born at Erode, Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu) in
    a Tamil family. His introduction to formal mathematics began at age 10.
    He demonstrated a natural ability, and was given books on
    advancedtrigonometry written by S. L. Loney that he mastered by the
    age of 12; he even discovered theorems of his own, and re-
    discovered Euler's identityindependently.
    [4]
    He demonstrated unusual
    mathematical skills at school, winning accolades and awards. By 17,
    Ramanujan had conducted his own mathematical research on Bernoulli
    numbers and the EulerMascheroni constant.
    Ramanujan received a scholarship to study at Government College
    inKumbakonam, which was later rescinded when he failed his non-
    mathematical coursework. He joined another college to pursue
    independent mathematical research. During the same time, Diwan
    Bahadul R. Ramachandra Rao, ICS; who was a keen mathematician and
    served as President of the Indian Mathematical Society himself; assisted
    Ramanujan in getting a clerical job in the Accountant-General's office at
    the Madras Port Trust Office to support himself. In 19121913, he sent
    samples of his theorems to three academics at the University of
    Cambridge. G. H. Hardy, recognising the brilliance of his work, invited
    Ramanujan to visit and work with him at Cambridge. He became
    a Fellow of the Royal Societyand a Fellow of Trinity College,
    Cambridge. Ramanujan died of tuberculosiscaused by illness and
    malnutrition in 1920 at the age of 32.

    Ramanujan's home on Sarangapani Street, Kumbakonam

    Bust of Ramanujan in the garden of Birla Industrial & Technological
    Museum.
    During his short life, Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3900
    results (mostly identities and equations). Nearly all his claims have now
    been proven correct, although a small number of these results were
    actually false and some were already known. He stated results that were
    both original and highly unconventional, such as the Ramanujan
    prime and the Ramanujan theta function, and these have inspired a vast
    amount of further research. The Ramanujan Journal, an international
    publication, was launched to publish work in all areas of mathematics
    influenced by his work.
    In December 2011, in recognition of his contribution to mathematics, the
    Government of India declared that Ramanujan's birth date (22
    December) would be celebrated every year as National Mathematics
    Day and declared 2012 the National Mathematics Year.

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