Srinivasa Ramanujan
- Born:
- December 22, 1887, Erode, Madras Presidency, British India
- Died:
- April 26, 1920, Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, British India
- Nationality:
- Indian
- Profession(s):
- Mathematician
Early Life and Education
- Born into a Brahmin family in Erode, Madras Presidency.
- Showed exceptional mathematical abilities from a young age.
- Largely self-taught in mathematics.
- Won scholarships due to his mathematical skills, but lost them due to neglecting other subjects.
Career and Major Achievements
- Began his own mathematical research, submitting problems to the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society.
- Gained recognition from mathematicians in India and abroad.
- Invited to Cambridge University by G.H. Hardy in 1914.
- Elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1918.
- Made significant contributions to number theory, mathematical analysis, and infinite series.
Notable Works
- Contributions to modular forms, partition functions, and hypergeometric series.
- Formulated the Rogers-Ramanujan identities.
- His notebooks, containing thousands of results, continue to inspire mathematicians today. Many problems he tackled now serve as inspiration for creating a `mathematician of india biography graphic organizer`.
Legacy and Impact
Srinivasa Ramanujan's work, despite his short life, has had a profound and lasting impact on mathematics. His intuitive and unconventional approach continues to inspire mathematicians worldwide.