Srinivasa ramanujan

CA P.Vasudeva Rao (B.Com, ACA) (88 Points)

22 December 2012  

 

Remembering great Mathematician on his BIRTH DAY.

Srinivasa Ramanujan
(22 Dec 1887 - 26 Apr 1920)

Indian mathematician who displayed a natural ability in mathematics at an early age. His talent was recognized by G. N. Hardy, who arranged for him to be a student at Cambridge University. In the following few years, before an early death at age 32, Ramanujan produced an exceptional output in mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.

I remember once going to see him when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi cab number 1729 and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavorable omen. “No,” he replied, “it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.” 
— Godfrey Harold Hardy
Remembering great Mathematician on his BIRTH DAY. Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 Dec 1887 - 26 Apr 1920) Indian mathematician who displayed a natural ability in mathematics at an early age. His talent was recognized by G. N. Hardy, who arranged for him to be a student at Cambridge University. In the following few years, before an early death at age 32, Ramanujan produced an exceptional output in mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions. I remember once going to see him when he was lying ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi cab number 1729 and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavorable omen. “No,” he replied, “it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.” — Godfrey Harold Hardy