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Srinivasa Ramanujan

December 22, 1887 · Male
Mathematician · Capricorn
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About

Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions, largely without formal training in pure mathematics. His collaboration with the British mathematician G. H. Hardy at the University of Cambridge brought his work to wider recognition. His notebooks of results continued to influence mathematical research long after his early death.

Known for

  • Ramanujan prime
  • Ramanujan theta function
  • Partition function contributions
  • Ramanujan's lost notebook

Awards

  • Fellow of the Royal Society

Trivia & fun facts

  • He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918.
  • His birthday, 22 December, is observed in India as National Mathematics Day.

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