The Great Mathematician Ramanujan
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The great mathematician ramanujan. Ramanujan provided solutions to mathematical problems that were then considered unsolvable. A deeply religious hindu ramanujan credited his substantial mathematical capacities to divinity and said the mathematical knowledge he displayed was revealed to him by his family goddess namagiri thayar. Ramanujan did not actually discover this result which was actually published by the french mathematician frénicle de bessy in 1657. Srinivasa ramanujan was one of the world s greatest mathematicians.
Srinivasa ramanujan frs 1887 1920 was a self taught indian mathematical genius who made numerous contributions in several mathematical fields including mathematical analysis infinite series continued fractions number theory and game theory. The book that started it all srinivasa ramanujan had his interest in mathematics unlocked by a book. He once said an equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of god. Srinivasa ramanujan was a largely self taught pure mathematician.
It is said that they stayed in the precincts of the temple for 3 days and event take place when ramanujan got the permission of the goddess to go to england in a dream when he was asleep another such event was. The hardy ramanujan number which ramanujan stated was the smallest number that can be expressed as the sum of cubed numbers in two different ways. A great mathematician who knew infinity but never received a special education. Text selection tool hand tool.
Thumbnails document outline attachments. His life story with its humble and sometimes difficult beginnings is as interesting in its own right as his astonishing work was. Presentation mode open print download current. Math is my main hobby srinivasa ramanujan was born though in a noble family but in a poor family.
Gauss weierstrass and riemann are considered as the best theorist. Highlight all match case. Euler and newton are considered as the best mathematicians. Presentation mode open print download current view.
Rotate clockwise rotate counterclockwise. Go to first page go to last page. Mathematically 1729 1 3 12 3 9 3 10 3. More recently his discoveries have been applied to physics where his theta function lies at the heart of string theory.
Archimedes is often considered as the greatest mathematical genius. Our great mathematician ramanujan used to prayer to the goddess namagiri by sitting in the centre of four pillar mandap facing the goddess in the narasimha swamy temple. Ramanujanthe man behind the mathematician.