SRINIVASA IYENGAR RAMANUJAN PRESENTED BY GROUP I AFSAR ALI -82 PAWAN MINZ-85 POOJA SHREE-86 SHASHI-98 RAVI-108
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CONTENT INTRODUCTION DAKSHIN GANGE SARANGAPANI SANNIDHI STREET A BRAHMIN BOYHOOD OFF SCALE
INTRODUCTION Ramanujan was born on 22 december 1887 in Erode, madras at the residence of his grandparents Residence- Kumbakonam Father- kuppuswamy srinivas iyengar Mother- komalatammal was a housewife Spouse- Janaki Ammal College- Government Arts college pachaiyappa’s college Cambridge University trinity
Ramanujan was a stubborn faith in his own abilities. He was self taught mathematical prodigy from a town outside madras in south India . Ramanujan’s health worsened in England diagnosed with tuberculosis and v itamins deficiency. Returned to kumbakonam in 1919 and died soon there after at the age of 32 .
DAKSHIN GANGE Ramanujan heard it all his life the slow, measured thwap…thwap… thwap of wet clothes. The cauvery was a familiar, recurring constant of Ramanujan life. Kumbakonam his hometown, flanked by the cauvery. In 1853 when it flooded covering the delta with water and causing immense damaged
Cauvery was a place for spiritual cleansing for agriculture surfiet. In 1887 the wake of two straight years of failed monsoon.
SARANGAPANI SANNIDHI STREET In 1887 in the town of kumbakomam a baby boy, ramanujan was born His mom knew in heart , from the stars she could chart, this was no ordinary mind. The boy grew and played, while the mother sat and prayed, namagiri gives us guidance and strength.
His mothers called him chinnaswami or liitle lord. “Ramanujan”- pronounced Rah-MAH- na -jun. Ramanujan‘s mother komalatammal, sangs bhajans or devotional songs at nearby temple with her husband. Ramanujan would bear the scars of his childhood.
Ramanujan’s Family was a case study in the damning statistics. Kumbakonam was notorious for its bad water In a dispute over a loan, his grandfather quit his job and left kanchipuram
A BRAHMIN BOYHOOD Kumbakonam was a bed rock of brahanism, the traditional hinduism associated with its priestly caste. There were castes these accounts recorded : Brahmins Kshatriya Vaisyas Sudras
There were the castes of agricultural workers ,barbers, weavers,carpenters. Further theological nuances for example – over just how much effort was needed to secure divine grace-lay in the between its TELENGALAI and VEDAGALAI. Ramanujan wore a caste mark on his forehead- the namam Caste barriers rose highest at meal time.
OFF SCALE Ramanujan studied English an early age in November 1897. He passed his primary examination-English Tamil Arithmatic and geography. In the Early 1900, as now English was ascendant in India.
One day the maths teacher pointed out that any thing divided by itself was one: Ramanujan learned from an older boy how to solve cubic equations. Ramanujan was being Awarded K.Ranganatha Rao prize for Mathematics.