Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) belongs to the pantheon of great mathematicians of India whose lineage stretches back at least 25 centuries, and whose contributions to the development of mathematical science have often been pioneering and revolutionary. Ramanujan was born in Erode in Tamil Nadu, on December 22, 1887.
Later his family moved to Kumbakonam, a town about 160 kms from Chennai where he did his schooling. Ramanujan’s life took a definitive turn towards mathematics when he was 15 years old, when he came across and old mathematics manual “Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics” 2.Vol.(1880-86) by George Shoobridge Carr.
The book was writen in an open style, which allowed Ramanujan to teach himself. Ramanujan was unemployed for a long time and lack of sufficient means of livelihood haunted him in his early youth. His marriage in 1906 prompted him to seek a permanent employment, and....
