A ppt on the the great indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan

1. SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN

2. SRINIVASA IYENGAR RAMANUJAN
• Born : 22 December 1887
• Died : 26 April 1920
• College : Government Arts
College, Pachaiyappa’s
College, Cambridge
University
• Academic Advisors : G.H.
Hardy & J.E. Littlewood

3. • No formal training in mathematics
• Made extraordinary contributions to
Mathematical Analysis, Number Theory,
Infinite Series and Continued Fractions
• Expert in Trigonometry at the age of 12
• Discovered theorems of his own
• Fellow of Royal Society and Trinity College,
Cambridge
Ramanujan – The Mathematician

4. Attention From Mathematicians
• Met V.Ramaswamy Iyer, found of the Indian maths
society
• “I was struck by the extraordinary results contained
in his notebooks. I had no mind to smother his
genius by an appointment in the lowest rungs of the
revenue department.” – from his biography
• Introduced to R. Ramachandra Rao, secretary of the
Indian Mathematical Society
• Ramanujan continued mathematical research with
Rao’s financial help

5. Contacting English Mathematicians
• M.J.M. Hill of University of London argued
that Ramanujan had skills for mathematic but
he lacked proper education background and
foundation
• He refused to take him as a student
• But gave advice on his work

6. Ramaujan’s Honours
• Awarded BA Degree by Research(PhD) in
March 1916
• Elected to London Mathematical Society in
December 1917
• Became a ‘Fellow of the Royal Society’ in 1918
• Became the first Indian to be elected a fellow
of Trinity College, Cambridge

7. Recognition
• SASTRA Ramanujan Award
• India celebrates 22 December as Maths Day
• Tamil Nadu celebrates the same as IT Day