SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN
He was born in India on 1887. He is the son of a bookkeeper in a cloth merchant's shop. He began his single-minded pursuit of mathematics at the age of 15 when he borrowed a copy of Cerr's Synopsis Of Pure Mathematics. This unusual book contained the statements of over 6000 theorems, with very few of proofs. Thus, Ramanujan himself undertook the the tasks of establishing all the formulas.
In 1903,he won a scholarship to the University of Madras but lose it one year later for neglecting other subjects.He dropped out of the college and seek a regular livelihood,marrying.But when he worked with Madras Port Trust Office, he continue his work in mathematics. He published his first paper in 1911 and two more on the next year.
At the urging of influential friends,Ramanujan send G.H.Hardy (a British pure mathematician) his 120 list of theorems. Hardy was suprised with his work and invited him to come to Cambridge University. Supported by a special scholarship,Ramanujan began his 3 years of study with Hardy in Cambridge University.
At the urging of influential friends,Ramanujan send G.H.Hardy (a British pure mathematician) his 120 list of theorems. Hardy was suprised with his work and invited him to come to Cambridge University. Supported by a special scholarship,Ramanujan began his 3 years of study with Hardy in Cambridge University.
However,in 1917,Ramanujan become incurably ill.He was diognased tuberculosis but now it is thought to have been severe vitamin deficiency.He returned to India in early 1919 and died the following April, at the age 32.
The theory of partitions is one of the successful Ramanujan-Hardy collaboration.
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