(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated April 21, 2008)
The life story of this Indian mathematical genius, who won worldwide fame in mathematics despite his poor family background and lack of formal education, is legendary among professional mathematicians.
The son of a sari store clerk and a homemaker, Srinivasa Ramanujan was born in Erode, about 400 km from Madras. He was raised in nearby Kumbhakonam, which was his mother’s native place.
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His proficiency in mathematics was clear from the very beginning. In high school, he studied G.S. Carr’s A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Mathematics.
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