When was the genius mathematician srinivasa ramanujan called by british mathematician gh hardy in london, and after that he started a special work on mathematics?

Movies about mathematicians excite us mostly because their ingenuity is both unfathomable and fascinating to us. Like the misunderstood genius Alan Turing ( The Imitation Game), or the inspiring Stephen Hawking ( Theory of Everything), a peek into a past that we can only read of, overcoming obstacles that we can only imagine, makes us remember and respect these gifted minds. This April, a biopic based on the brilliant Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, is all set to release. His life was chronicled in the book A self-educated mathematician, Ramanujan was known for his theorems that contributed significantly to understanding number series, infinite series and continued fractions. S. Ramanujan is played by Dev Patel in the film, The Man Who Knew Infinity Source: Wikimedia Commons, He was born in December of 1887 in Erode, Tamil Nadu. While almost all of his siblings died in their infancy, he miraculously survived a case of smallpox at the age of two. His intelligence began to shine when in school in Kumbakonam, he imbibed more mathematical knowledge than anyone of his age. He studied a book on advanced trigonometry at 13, learnt cubic equations at 15, and devised his own methods of solving them. By 16, he mastered a book called A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics, which held a collection of 5000 theorems. He then moved on to understanding the Bernoulli numbers. After graduating in 1904 from the Town Higher Secondary School, he joined the G...

• A self-educated prodigy, Srinivasa Ramanujan filled notebooks with often mysterious theorems about numbers, many of which turned out to be correct and eventually launched entire new fields of math. • Now Emory University mathematician Ken Ono and his colleagues have made surprising discoveries using previously unrecognized insights in some of Ramanujan's unpublished papers. • As well as helping solve some big mysteries about mathematical machines called functions, these discoveries could advance more secure ways to encrypt computer data and new approaches to studying black holes. On a Saturday morning in 1984, when Ken Ono was in high school, he opened his family's mailbox in Baltimore and found an envelope as thin as rice paper covered in brilliantly colored stamps. It was addressed to his father, a reserved Japanese mathematician. When Ono handed over the mail, the elder Ono looked up from the yellow legal pad on which he was always scribbling equations and set down his ballpoint pen. Gently, he pried open the seal and unfolded the letter inside. “Dear Sir,” it began. “I understand … that you have contributed for the sculpture in memory of my late husband…. I am happy over this event.” It was signed “S. Janaki Ammal,” whom the red-inked letterhead identified as the widow of the “(Late) Srinivasa Ramanujan (Mathematical Genius).” That was the first time the younger Ono had heard of the legendary Ramanujan. A self-taught mathematical prodigy from India, he made cryptic c...

Bengaluru: During the time Srinivasa Ramanujan was trying to prove his mettle as a mathematician, there was a phase when people struggled to decide whether he was a “ real genius or a crank ”. When he presented his ideas to Indian Mathematical Society founder member Ramachandra Rao in the early years of the 20th century, the latter noted that he saw “ quite at once that there was something out of the way; but my knowledge did not permit me to judge whether he talked sense or nonsense” . But it wasn’t long before Ramanujan had put all doubts to rest. By the time he died at the age of 32, the genius of this self-taught mathematician was a subject of global renown, drawing parallels with the Today, his birth anniversary on 22 December is celebrated as National Mathematics Day in India — a tip of the hat to the achievements of a legendary mathematician whose short but spectacular life continues to evoke awe 100 years since his death, inspiring at least two movies over the past decade . Also read: A genius is born Ramanujan was born in the small town of Erode in Tamil Nadu (then Madras Presidency) on 22 December 1887, to a store clerk and a temple singer. He grew up in a small house at Kumbakonam that is today a museum in his honour. Ramanujan displayed advanced mathematical cognition as a child. Before he was a teenager, he had exhausted college-level mathematics courses. His affinity for the subject reached a new depth at the age of 15, when he came across mathe...

• Full Name: Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan • Known For: Prolific mathematician • Parents’ Names: K. Srinivasa Aiyangar, Komalatammal • Born: December 22, 1887 in Erode, India • Died: April 26, 1920 at age 32 in Kumbakonam, India • Spouse: Janakiammal • Interesting Fact: Ramanujan's life is depicted in a book published in 1991 and a 2015 biographical film, both titled "The Man Who Knew Infinity." Early Life and Education Ramanujan was born on December 22, 1887, in Erode, a city in southern India. His father, K. Srinivasa Aiyangar, was an accountant, and his mother Komalatammal was the daughter of a city official. Though Ramanujan’s family was of the However, it was G.S. Carr’s book, "A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Mathematics," which reportedly spurred Ramanujan to become obsessed with the subject. Having no access to other books, Ramanujan taught himself mathematics using Carr’s book, whose topics included integral calculus and power series calculations. This concise book would have an unfortunate impact on the way Ramanujan wrote down his mathematical results later, as his writings included too few details for many people to understand how he arrived at his results. Ramanujan was so interested in studying mathematics that his formal education effectively came to a standstill. At the age of 16, Ramanujan matriculated at the Government College in Kumbakonam on a scholarship, but lost his scholarship the next year because he had neglected his other studies. He then ...

• A self-educated prodigy, Srinivasa Ramanujan filled notebooks with often mysterious theorems about numbers, many of which turned out to be correct and eventually launched entire new fields of math. • Now Emory University mathematician Ken Ono and his colleagues have made surprising discoveries using previously unrecognized insights in some of Ramanujan's unpublished papers. • As well as helping solve some big mysteries about mathematical machines called functions, these discoveries could advance more secure ways to encrypt computer data and new approaches to studying black holes. On a Saturday morning in 1984, when Ken Ono was in high school, he opened his family's mailbox in Baltimore and found an envelope as thin as rice paper covered in brilliantly colored stamps. It was addressed to his father, a reserved Japanese mathematician. When Ono handed over the mail, the elder Ono looked up from the yellow legal pad on which he was always scribbling equations and set down his ballpoint pen. Gently, he pried open the seal and unfolded the letter inside. “Dear Sir,” it began. “I understand … that you have contributed for the sculpture in memory of my late husband…. I am happy over this event.” It was signed “S. Janaki Ammal,” whom the red-inked letterhead identified as the widow of the “(Late) Srinivasa Ramanujan (Mathematical Genius).” That was the first time the younger Ono had heard of the legendary Ramanujan. A self-taught mathematical prodigy from India, he made cryptic c...

Bengaluru: During the time Srinivasa Ramanujan was trying to prove his mettle as a mathematician, there was a phase when people struggled to decide whether he was a “ real genius or a crank ”. When he presented his ideas to Indian Mathematical Society founder member Ramachandra Rao in the early years of the 20th century, the latter noted that he saw “ quite at once that there was something out of the way; but my knowledge did not permit me to judge whether he talked sense or nonsense” . But it wasn’t long before Ramanujan had put all doubts to rest. By the time he died at the age of 32, the genius of this self-taught mathematician was a subject of global renown, drawing parallels with the Today, his birth anniversary on 22 December is celebrated as National Mathematics Day in India — a tip of the hat to the achievements of a legendary mathematician whose short but spectacular life continues to evoke awe 100 years since his death, inspiring at least two movies over the past decade . Also read: A genius is born Ramanujan was born in the small town of Erode in Tamil Nadu (then Madras Presidency) on 22 December 1887, to a store clerk and a temple singer. He grew up in a small house at Kumbakonam that is today a museum in his honour. Ramanujan displayed advanced mathematical cognition as a child. Before he was a teenager, he had exhausted college-level mathematics courses. His affinity for the subject reached a new depth at the age of 15, when he came across mathe...

• Full Name: Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan • Known For: Prolific mathematician • Parents’ Names: K. Srinivasa Aiyangar, Komalatammal • Born: December 22, 1887 in Erode, India • Died: April 26, 1920 at age 32 in Kumbakonam, India • Spouse: Janakiammal • Interesting Fact: Ramanujan's life is depicted in a book published in 1991 and a 2015 biographical film, both titled "The Man Who Knew Infinity." Early Life and Education Ramanujan was born on December 22, 1887, in Erode, a city in southern India. His father, K. Srinivasa Aiyangar, was an accountant, and his mother Komalatammal was the daughter of a city official. Though Ramanujan’s family was of the However, it was G.S. Carr’s book, "A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Mathematics," which reportedly spurred Ramanujan to become obsessed with the subject. Having no access to other books, Ramanujan taught himself mathematics using Carr’s book, whose topics included integral calculus and power series calculations. This concise book would have an unfortunate impact on the way Ramanujan wrote down his mathematical results later, as his writings included too few details for many people to understand how he arrived at his results. Ramanujan was so interested in studying mathematics that his formal education effectively came to a standstill. At the age of 16, Ramanujan matriculated at the Government College in Kumbakonam on a scholarship, but lost his scholarship the next year because he had neglected his other studies. He then ...

Movies about mathematicians excite us mostly because their ingenuity is both unfathomable and fascinating to us. Like the misunderstood genius Alan Turing ( The Imitation Game), or the inspiring Stephen Hawking ( Theory of Everything), a peek into a past that we can only read of, overcoming obstacles that we can only imagine, makes us remember and respect these gifted minds. This April, a biopic based on the brilliant Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, is all set to release. His life was chronicled in the book A self-educated mathematician, Ramanujan was known for his theorems that contributed significantly to understanding number series, infinite series and continued fractions. S. Ramanujan is played by Dev Patel in the film, The Man Who Knew Infinity Source: Wikimedia Commons, He was born in December of 1887 in Erode, Tamil Nadu. While almost all of his siblings died in their infancy, he miraculously survived a case of smallpox at the age of two. His intelligence began to shine when in school in Kumbakonam, he imbibed more mathematical knowledge than anyone of his age. He studied a book on advanced trigonometry at 13, learnt cubic equations at 15, and devised his own methods of solving them. By 16, he mastered a book called A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics, which held a collection of 5000 theorems. He then moved on to understanding the Bernoulli numbers. After graduating in 1904 from the Town Higher Secondary School, he joined the G...

• Full Name: Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan • Known For: Prolific mathematician • Parents’ Names: K. Srinivasa Aiyangar, Komalatammal • Born: December 22, 1887 in Erode, India • Died: April 26, 1920 at age 32 in Kumbakonam, India • Spouse: Janakiammal • Interesting Fact: Ramanujan's life is depicted in a book published in 1991 and a 2015 biographical film, both titled "The Man Who Knew Infinity." Early Life and Education Ramanujan was born on December 22, 1887, in Erode, a city in southern India. His father, K. Srinivasa Aiyangar, was an accountant, and his mother Komalatammal was the daughter of a city official. Though Ramanujan’s family was of the However, it was G.S. Carr’s book, "A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Mathematics," which reportedly spurred Ramanujan to become obsessed with the subject. Having no access to other books, Ramanujan taught himself mathematics using Carr’s book, whose topics included integral calculus and power series calculations. This concise book would have an unfortunate impact on the way Ramanujan wrote down his mathematical results later, as his writings included too few details for many people to understand how he arrived at his results. Ramanujan was so interested in studying mathematics that his formal education effectively came to a standstill. At the age of 16, Ramanujan matriculated at the Government College in Kumbakonam on a scholarship, but lost his scholarship the next year because he had neglected his other studies. He then ...

Bengaluru: During the time Srinivasa Ramanujan was trying to prove his mettle as a mathematician, there was a phase when people struggled to decide whether he was a “ real genius or a crank ”. When he presented his ideas to Indian Mathematical Society founder member Ramachandra Rao in the early years of the 20th century, the latter noted that he saw “ quite at once that there was something out of the way; but my knowledge did not permit me to judge whether he talked sense or nonsense” . But it wasn’t long before Ramanujan had put all doubts to rest. By the time he died at the age of 32, the genius of this self-taught mathematician was a subject of global renown, drawing parallels with the Today, his birth anniversary on 22 December is celebrated as National Mathematics Day in India — a tip of the hat to the achievements of a legendary mathematician whose short but spectacular life continues to evoke awe 100 years since his death, inspiring at least two movies over the past decade . Also read: A genius is born Ramanujan was born in the small town of Erode in Tamil Nadu (then Madras Presidency) on 22 December 1887, to a store clerk and a temple singer. He grew up in a small house at Kumbakonam that is today a museum in his honour. Ramanujan displayed advanced mathematical cognition as a child. Before he was a teenager, he had exhausted college-level mathematics courses. His affinity for the subject reached a new depth at the age of 15, when he came across mathe...