Srinivasa Ramanujan Poster (Mathematician) by Geetika Wadhwa

Poster on Srinivasa Ramanujan, a famous Mathematician on who's birthday we celebrate National Mathematics day.

1. 22 12 18 87 88 17 09 25 10 24 89 16 19 86 23 11 22 12 18 87 88 17 09 25 10 24 89 16 19 86 23 11 22 12 18 87 88 17 09 25 10 24 89 16 19 86 23 11 Srinivasa Ramanujan 1887-1920 The man who knew Infinity Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 nd Dec 1887, in the town of Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. He was a self-taught pure mathematician. He made substantial contributions to the analytical theory of numbers and worked on elliptic functions, continued fractions and infinite series. His father, K. Srinivasa I yengar was an accounting clerk for a clothing merchant and his mother, Komalatammal , earned a small amount of money as a singer at the local temple. His family were Brahmins and they were very poor. Every year, National Mathematics day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan . This tradition started on the 125 th birth anniversary of Ramanujan by our former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on 22 nd Dec 2012. Its main objective is to raise awareness among people about the importance of mathematics for the development of humanity. He showed early signs of brilliance during his school. H is main source of inspiration and expertise became  Synopsis of elementary results in pure mathematics  by George S. Carr.  He could afford only a small amount of paper, so, he did most of his work on slate with chalk . Ramanujan sent nine pages of his mathematical work to an eminent pure mathematician at the University of Cambridge – G . H. Hardy in January 1913. When Hardy went to see Ramanujan when he was ill at Putney. He rod in taxi cab number 1729 & remarked that the number seemed rather dull to him and hoped it was not an unfavourable omen. To which Ramanujan said, it is a very interesting number, it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of 2 cubes in 2 differrent ways. Also called Taxi c ab Number   In July 1909, Ramanujan married S. Janaki Ammal , who was then just 10 years old. The couple began sharing a home in 1912 . When he left for Cambridge, her wife lived with his family. In A pril 1914, he left for Cambridge where t wo years later, he was awarded the equivalent of a Ph.D. for his work – a mere formality. The winter weather in England made him ill for a time . In 1917, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. In February 1919, his health seemed to have recovered sufficiently for him to return to India, but sadly he lived for only one more year. Srinivasa Ramanujan died aged 32 in Madras on April 26, 1920. Sadly , some of Ramanujan’s Brahmin relatives refused to attend his funeral because he had traveled overseas . Ramanujan’s Magic Square 22 12 18 87 88 17 09 25 10 24 89 16 19 86 23 11 The first row is Ramanujan’s Birth Date. In this square, Sum of numbers of any column or row or the numbers shaded in the same colours is 139 . National Mathematics Day Using this trick I created my own birth date magic square 26 08 19 99 100 18 05 29 06 28 101 17 20 98 27 07 In my magic square, everything adds up to 152. Introduction At Early Stage Personal Life Academic Last few years of his life Hardy- Ramanujan Number Hardy reviewed the papers with J. E. Littlewood , another eminent Cambridge mathematician, telling Littlewood they had been written by either a crank or a genius, but he wasn’t quite sure which. After spending two and a half hours poring over the outlandishly original work, the mathematicians came to a conclusion. They were looking at the papers of a mathematical genius . Hardy was eager for Ramanujan to move to Cambridge, but in accordance with his Brahmin beliefs, Ramanujan refused to travel overseas. Instead, an arrangement was made to fund two years of work at the University of Madras. During this time, Ramanujan’s mother had a dream in which the goddess Namagiri told her she should give her son permission to go to Cambridge, and this she did. Her decision led to a chaos in the family.