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Srinivasa Ramanujan, FRS
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Ramanujan in 1913
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| Born |
Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar
22 December 1887 |
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| Died | 26 April 1920 (aged 32)
Kumbakonam, Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, British India (now Thanjavur district,
Tamil Nadu, India) |
| Citizenship | British Indian |
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| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1918) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Highly Composite Numbers (1916) |
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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan |
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Ramanujan (centre) and his colleague G. H. Hardy (rightmost), with scientists and other mathematicians, outside the Senate House, Cambridge, c.1914–1918His formulas were used to understand the black hole theory.
Ramanujan departed from Madras aboard the S.S. Nevasa on 17 March 1914.[91][92] When he disembarked in London on 14 April, Neville was waiting for him with a car. Four days later, Neville took him to his house on Chesterton Road in Cambridge. Ramanujan immediately began his work with Littlewood and Hardy. After six weeks, Ramanujan moved out of Neville's house and took up residence on Whewell's Court, a five-minute walk from Hardy's room.[93]
Hardy and Littlewood began to look at Ramanujan's notebooks. Hardy had already received 120 theorems from Ramanujan in the first two letters, but there were many more results and theorems in the notebooks. Hardy saw that some were wrong, others had already been discovered, and the rest were new breakthroughs.[94] Ramanujan left a deep impression on Hardy and Littlewood. Littlewood commented, "I can believe that he's at least a Jacobi",[95] while Hardy said he "can compare him only with Euler or Jacobi."[96]
Ramanujan spent nearly five years in Cambridge collaborating with Hardy and Littlewood, and published part of his findings there. Hardy and Ramanujan had highly contrasting personalities. Their collaboration was a clash of different cultures, beliefs, and working styles. In the previous few decades, the foundations of mathematics had come into question and the need for mathematically rigorous proofs was recognised. Hardy was an atheist and an apostle of proof and mathematical rigour, whereas Ramanujan was a deeply religious man who relied very strongly on his intuition and insights. Hardy tried his best to fill the gaps in Ramanujan's education and to mentor him in the need for formal proofs to support his results, without hindering his inspiration—a conflict that neither found easy.
Ramanujan was awarded a Bachelor of Arts by Research degree[97][98] (the predecessor of the PhD degree) in March 1916 for his work on highly composite numbers, sections of the first part of which had been published the preceding year in the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. The paper was more than 50 pages long and proved various properties of such numbers. Hardy disliked this topic area but remarked that though it engaged with what he called the 'backwater of mathematics', in it Ramanujan displayed 'extraordinary mastery over the algebra of inequalities'.[99]
On 6 December 1917, Ramanujan was elected to the London Mathematical Society. On 2 May 1918, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society,[100] the second Indian admitted, after Ardaseer Cursetjee in 1841. At age 31, Ramanujan was one of the youngest Fellows in the Royal Society's history. He was elected "for his investigation in elliptic functions and the Theory of Numbers." On 13 October 1918, he was the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[101]
G.H.Hardy (married only with his work, collaborated with Littlewood and Sri Ra-ma-NIU-jen) (Cast:Jeremy Irons) Don't be intimidated. Great knowledge often comes from the humblest origin.
If you can't beat a genius, join him! (you cant beat the chosen one!) These formulas came to me, but I don't have the proof.
A little humility goes a long way.
Srinivasa Ramanujan (FRS, elected fellow of the Trinity College), Mathematical Genius, and life brought tears to my eyes. He died at 32 YO, India. He collaborated with Hardy for 5 yrs.
What an absolutely, completely, and totally excellent movie! This movie touches your soul in so many different ways. People fail to realize ALL cultures and races have to fight forms of prejudice at some time or another, not just the U.S. This movie is a fabulous portrayal of the struggles a brilliant mathematician from India had to go through, all the while remaining humble and faithful, just for his formulas to be published. True story, too. Watch the movie!
@27:08 - Bernade Russell
G.H. Hardy recognized the exceptionally talented Ramanujan, as most of the British snobs dismissed him due to their prejudice against his South Indian heritage and humble appearance. Unfortunately, things that still happen today.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Based on a true story, Jeremy Irons and Dev Patel star in this inspirational film about an obscure Indian mathematician whose groundbreaking theories changed mathematics forever.
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Inspiring, poignant, heart-breaking. Thank you.
When I went to college to be an Electrical Engineer, I had an Indian study partner. He realized I was doing math, such as Laplace Transforms and Differential Equations, the American way, and was stunned at how inefficient and redundant everything was, taking me far longer to complete the homework. He taught me how to do calculus the right way, his way. Although I ran into a bit of trouble when asked to document my steps as I had to defend what was seen as witchcraft, it didnt take long before an Indian math professor came to my aid, and learning a far more efficient way to do calculus in my head made my life so much easier. Thanks again, Hitesh Patel, for teaching me the right way to treat mathematics. That was almost 25 years ago now.
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