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The great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan:Biography
The great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
(22 December 1887 - 26 April 1920)
He was a brilliant genius since childhood. He learned mathematics by himself and compiled 3,884 theorems of mathematics throughout his life. Most of these theorems have been proved correct. He drew many fundamental and unconventional results on the strength of the intuitive knowledge of mathematics and the unique talent of algebra hypothesis, which inspired research to date, although some of his discoveries have not yet been adopted in the mainstream of mathematics. Recently their formulas have been used in crystal science. Ramanujan Journal has been established for the work being done in the areas of mathematics affected by his work.
The great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 in a small village called Erode, 400 km from Madras.
There is an interesting incident of his early education. Mathematics teachers were explaining the function of division in class. He asked that if three bananas are distributed among three students then how many bananas will come in each student's share? The students immediately replied that each student would get one banana each. Thus the teacher explained that if a number is divided by the same number, the answer will be one. But then Ramanujan sitting in the corner asked that, if no banana is distributed to anyone, can each student still get a banana? All the students laughed hearing this question, because in their view this question was silly. But mathematicians had been pondering over this esoteric question asked by the boy Ramanujan for centuries. The question was what would be the result if zero were divided by zero? Indian mathematician Bhaskaracharya had said that if a number is divided by zero, the result will be 'eternal'. Ramanujan elaborated that by dividing zero by zero, the result can be anything, ie it is not defined. The teachers were very impressed with Ramanujan's talent.
After his early education, he joined high school. Here at the young age of thirteen, he solved the world famous 'trigonometry' and studied 'Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics' at the age of fifteen years. Ramanujan proved about five thousand theorems given in this book and developed new theorems based on them. From this time Ramanujan started writing his theorems in notebooks. Ramanujan used to get a scholarship to study in high school but his scholarship was discontinued after Ramanujan ignored all subjects other than mathematics. Ramanujan went to Madras University for higher education but was unsuccessful in all subjects except mathematics. In this way Ramanujan's formal education came to a complete halt. But Ramanujan continued to do research in mathematics.
After some time they got married and started searching for a livelihood. At this time he had to go through an economic crisis. But while searching for a job, Ramanujan came in contact with many influential people. Ramchandra Rao, one of the founders of the Indian Mathematical Society, was also one of those influential people. Ramanujan worked with Ramchandra Rao for a year. For this, they get Rs. 25. Month was available. He started preparing questions and their solutions for the journal of the Indian Mathematical Society. In 1911, he received great fame from his paper on Bernoli numbers and became known as a scholar of mathematics in Madras. In 1912, with the assistance of Ramchandra Rao, he started a clerical job in the accounting department of the Madras Port Trust. In 1913, he did G. Wrote a letter to M. Hardy and also sent a long list of theorems discovered by him.
Hardy found this letter at the breakfast table in the morning. In this paper, many theorems were written by an unknown Indian without any derogation, many of which theorem Hardy had already seen. Hardy felt all this nonsense on first viewing. He put this letter aside and got involved in his works but due to this letter his mind was disturbed. There were many theorems in this paper which he had never seen and thought of. He repeatedly felt that this person is either a cheater or a great scholar of mathematics. At night Hardy, with one of his disciples, once again saw these theorems and by midnight they understood that Ramanujan was not a cheater but a great scholar of mathematics, whose talent was required to be brought to the world. After this, correspondence started in Hardy and Ramanujan. Hardy invited Ramanujan to come to Cambridge to do research. Ramanujan was born in a Brahmin clan. He believed in religious practices and strictly followed them. He used to eat satvik. At that time it was believed that crossing the sea would corrupt religion. So Ramanujan refused to go to Cambridge. But Hardy continued the effort and asked Neville, a young professor going to Madras, to persuade Ramanujan to bring him to Cambridge. With the efforts of Neville and others, Ramanujan agreed to go to Cambridge. Hardy arranged for Ramanujan at Trinity College, Cambridge.
When Ramanujan went to Trinity College, P.C. Mahalanobis [Famous Bharti Y Statistics] were also studying there. Mahalanobis arrives at his room to meet Ramanujan. It was very cold at that time. Ramanujan was sitting near the fireplace. Mahalanobis asked him if the night was cold. Ramanujan told that even after sleeping at night wearing a coat, he got cold. They had worn the whole night by covering the sheets because they did not see the blankets. Mahalanobis went to his bedroom and found that there were many blankets. According to the English style, the blankets were covered by laying blankets. When Mahalanobis told about this English style, Ramanujan was sorry. They kept the sheets cold and froze through the night ignorantly. Ramanujan also had to go through difficult troubles for food. Initially they used to ask for South Indian food items from India but later it stopped. At that time, the First World War was going on. Ramanujan started living his life with only rice, salt and lemon water. Being a vegetarian, they used to cook their own food. His temperament was calm and his life course pure.
Ramanujan did everything in mathematics on his own. He had absolutely no knowledge of some branches of mathematics, but in some areas he had no harm. So Hardy took up the task of teaching Ramanujan himself. Hardy himself acknowledged that Ramanujan taught him more than he taught Ramanujan. In 1916, Ramanujan received his B.B. from Cambridge. S.C. Has received the title of.
The works of Ramanujan and Hardy gave significant results from the very beginning. From 1917 onwards, Ramanujan was ill and most of the time he was in bed. England's severe cold and hard work proved to be detrimental to his health. His health started deteriorating and he started showing symptoms of tuberculosis. Here his articles started being published in high-quality magazines. In 1918, Ramanujan was elected a Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Royal Society and Trinity College, Cambridge in the same year. This increased Ramanujan's enthusiasm even more and he got involved in research work loudly. In 1919, he had to return to India due to very bad health.
Ramanujan's memory was amazing. He was rich in prodigious talent and a great mathematician. Is a very famous phenomenon. When Ramanujan was hospitalized, Dr. Hardy came to see him. The number of the taxi in which Dr. Hardy came was 1729. This number seemed inauspicious to Dr. Hardy because 1729 = 7 x 13 x 19 and the people of England consider 13 as an inauspicious number. But Ramanujan said that this is an amazing number. This is the smallest number that we can express by adding two cubic numbers in two ways. (1729 = 12x12x12 1x1x1, and 1729 = 10x10x10 9x9x9).
Between 1903 and 1914, Ramanujan had written over three thousand theorems in his 'note books' before moving to Cambridge. He mostly gave his conclusions and did not give his proof. In 1967, when Professor Bruce C. Bernard was shown 'Ramanujan Note Books', he did not take any interest in this book at that time. He later felt that he could produce Ramanujan's theorems. Professor Bernadt devoted all his attention to the research of Ramanujan's books. He researched three books of Ramanujan for 20 years.
After returning from England in 1919, Ramanujan stayed in Madras for 3 months, Kodmandi for 2 months and Kumbakonam for 4 months. His wife served him a lot. The husband and wife lived together for a very short time. She stayed with him for a year before Ramanujan left for England and within a year of coming from there, God took her husband away from him forever. He did not even get the pleasure of being a mother. Gay But before this, on 26 April 1920, Ramanujan left this world at a young age of 32 years 4 months and 4 days.
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