Srinivasa Ayyangar Ramanuan was born in a poor Brahmin family at Erode in Madras presidency on 22nd December’ 1887 . His father K.S.Iyengar was working as a clerk. Ramanujan passed Matriculation in first class in the year 1904 . He studied English , Sanskrit ,Mathematics, Physiology and History . While at school, Ramanujan came across a book entitled A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics by George Shoobridge Carr. This book had a great influence on Ramanujan’s career . His devotion to Mathematics resulted in the negligence of other subjects . As a result of this ,he failed in F.A. examination in the year 1905 . However , he got a scholarship from his principal and joined the F.A. class in the year 1906 . Due to his ill health ,he again failed in the F.A. examination in the year 1907 . Ramanujan joined as a clerk in Madras Port Trust in 1912 . He ,in the year 1913 , sent a letter to Cambridge Mathematician G.H.Hardy containing a number of formulae .
Prof. Hardy was surprised with the letter containing complicated formulae and recommended Ramanujan a scholarship for higher study.
He also invited Ramanujan to visit Cambridge . In the month of June’1913 , he went to Cambridge and worked with Prof.Hardy .He published 27 papers there . Ramanujan was awarded BA degree in 1916.He was elected as a fellow to the Royal Society in 1918 . Ramanujan’s health declined and he died prematurely on 26th. April’1920 .
To commemorate the 125th. Birth anniversary of the mathematic wizard ,Srinivasa Ramanujan , the year 2012 was declared as the National Mathematical year and the birth day of him , 22nd. December as the National Mathematics Day .
Prof. Hardy was surprised with the letter containing complicated formulae and recommended Ramanujan a scholarship for higher study.
He also invited Ramanujan to visit Cambridge . In the month of June’1913 , he went to Cambridge and worked with Prof.Hardy .He published 27 papers there . Ramanujan was awarded BA degree in 1916.He was elected as a fellow to the Royal Society in 1918 . Ramanujan’s health declined and he died prematurely on 26th. April’1920 .
To commemorate the 125th. Birth anniversary of the mathematic wizard ,Srinivasa Ramanujan , the year 2012 was declared as the National Mathematical year and the birth day of him , 22nd. December as the National Mathematics Day .
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