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Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar [a] (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician.Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, 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 mathematical problems then ...
He is believed to have been born in the month of Chithirai under the star Tiruvadhirai. [23] They place his life from 1017–1137, yielding a lifespan of 120 years. [ 24 ] However, based on 11th- and 12th-century temple records and regional literature outside the Sri Vaishnava tradition, modern era scholars suggest that Ramanuja might have ...
At the turn of the twentieth century, Srinivasa Ramanujan is a struggling and indigent citizen in the city of Madras in India working at menial jobs at the edge of poverty. . While performing his menial labour, his employers notice that he seems to have exceptional skills in mathematics and they begin to make use of him for rudimentary accounting tas
Bose, not keen on marriage so early in life and while still attending college, only did so at his mother's insistence. [5] They had nine children, two of whom died in early childhood. Liu Chi-chun (aged 16) was married to Yen Chia-kan (aged 19) in 1924. Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib (aged 8) was married to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (aged 18) in 1938.
The Deccan Chronicle called Ramanujan "a brilliant piece on canvas with edifying moments and relevance to modern age" and went on to add that it was "not to be missed", giving it 3.5/5 stars. [19] S. Saraswathi of Rediff wrote, "Ramanujan is a brilliant film, a must watch" and gave the film 4/5. [20]
Ramanujan's lost notebook is the manuscript in which the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan recorded the mathematical discoveries of the last year (1919–1920) of his life. Its whereabouts were unknown to all but a few mathematicians until it was rediscovered by George Andrews in 1976, in a box of effects of G. N. Watson stored at the ...
Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan (16 March 1929 – 13 July 1993) [1] [2] was an Indian poet and scholar [3] of Indian literature and linguistics. Ramanujan was also a professor of Linguistics at University of Chicago .
Actually, Srinivasa Aiyangar is his *father's* name (The Aiyangar part being the name of his /sub-caste/); Ramanujan is his name. He would have written his name as: S. Ramanujan; which was (and still is, to a lesser extant) a common South Indian practice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.164.108.151 07:48, 12 July 2008 (UTC)