In this lesson, learn about his very interesting and unusual life and all the. Preface srinivasa ramanujan is one of the greatest mathematicians. Anyone who ever heard of srinivasa ramanujan and reads the compelling rags. Ramanujan s life is depicted in a book published in 1991 and a 2015 biographical film, both titled the man who knew infinity. A note on mathematics genius srinivasa ramanujan, frs article pdf available in international journal of information technology and decision making january 2014 with 42,753 reads. Srinivasa ramanujan has 11 books on goodreads with 657 ratings. Srinivasa ramanujan s most popular book is significant figures. Life and work of the mathemagician srinivasa ramanujan.
On the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of the famous indian mathematician srinivasa. Srinivasa ramanujan is one of the greatest mathematicians in history. Pdf srinivasa ramanujan frs fellow of royal society22 december 1887 26 april 1920. The man who knew infinity a life of the genius ramanujan. Ramanujan books pdf it is this photograph which appears in hardys book, ramanujan. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to. Free pdf ebooks users guide, manuals, sheets about ramanujan life history download in tamil pdf format ready for download. Books by srinivasa ramanujan author of collected papers. Early life and education ramanujan was born on december 22, 1887, in erode, a city in southern india. The man who knew infinity ramanujan college of management. Carr a synopsis of elementary results a book on pure. Srinivasa ramanujan english version mactutor history of.
Ramanujans notebooks were compiled approximately in the years. The book was a compendium of several thousand mathematical formulas and theorems, most given with neither motivation nor proof. Ramanujans notebooks the history of the notebooks, in brief, is the following. Ramanujan hailed as an alltime great mathematician, like euler, gauss or jacobi, for his natural genius, has left behind 4000 original theorems, despite his lack of formal education and a short lifespan. Ramanujans notebooks the institute of mathematical sciences.
Ramanujan had noted down the results of his researches, without proofs, as in a synopsis of elementary results, a book on pure mathematics, by g. He demonstrated a natural ability, and was given books on advanced trigonometry written. Biography of srinivasa ramanujan, mathematical genius. Carr, in three notebooks, between the years 1903 1914, before he left for england. Srinivasa ramanujan 18871920 was a mathematical genius who changed the world of mathematics in his short life. In this book i propose to tell ramanujans story, the story of an inscrutable.
No mathematician should ever allow him to forget that mathematics, more than any other art or science, is a young mans game. Pdf a note on mathematics genius srinivasa ramanujan, frs. The history of the notebooks, in brief, is the following. Srinivasa ramanujan was a mathematical genius who made numerous contributions in the field, namely in number theory. So it is not surprising that the story of his life and the history of his times have. Srinivasa ramanujan, born december 22, 1887, erode, indiadied april 26, 1920, kumbakonam, indian mathematician whose contributions to the theory of numbers include pioneering discoveries of the properties of the partition function. Probably ramanujan s life has no parallel in the history of human thought.