Ramanujan, Srinivasa Aiyangar, 1887-1920 (mathematician)
Dates
- Existence: 1887 - 1920
Biography
Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (1887-1920) was born in in Erode, Tamil Nadu state, India. He taught himself pure mathematics from a textbook by G.S. Carr, and developed his reputation in Madras. After writing to mathematicians in England, he was invited to Cambridge by G.H. Hardy, and became a Fellow of Trinity College (1918-1920). He worked with Hardy between 1914-1920, and after his death Hardy edited his collected works and published Ramanujan: twelve lectures on subjects suggested by his life and work (1940). Ramanujan made original contributions to function theory, power series, and number theory, before he died of tuberculosis.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
G.H. Hardy and S. Ramanujan: 'Asymptotic Formulae in Combinatory Analysis', 1916 (Circa)
A draft for publication, written in the hand of G.H. Hardy, 108 folios.
Godfrey Harold Hardy: Mathematical Papers
Drafts for publication in the hand of Hardy.
Srinivasa Ramanujan: letters to G.H. Hardy
With a covering letter from Hardy to A.F. Scholfield, Librarian.
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