NEWS

National Mathematics Day is observed every year on December 22 to celebrate the life and work of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a great mathematician who was born on this day in 1887.

ABOUT

Srinivasa Ramanujan

• Born on December 22, 1887
• In city of Erode (now in Tamil Nadu)
• Known as ‘The Man who knew infinity’
• Able to solve algebra and trigonometric problems that his fellow mates found difficult to crack.
• Won a scholarship to study at Kumbakonam’s Government Arts College
• Started working as a clerk in Madras Port Trust
• Elected to the London Mathematical Society and in 1918 he was elected as a fellow to the prestigious Royal Society for the research done by him on Elliptic Functions and the theory of numbers.
• First Indian to be elected a fellow of Trinity College.
• Was invited to Cambridge University for his statements on the 120 mathematics theorems on the continued fractions, infinite series, number theory, and improper integrals.
• Compiled more than 3,000 mathematical equations and results
• Returned to the country in 1919 and passed away due to Tuberculosis in 1920.
• First Indian to be elected a fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge University.