Indian mathematician (1887–1920).
Born December 22nd, 1887 in Erode.
Died April 26th, 1920 at 32 years old in Kumbakonam (amebiasis).
Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the most influential mathematicians of the modern era, passed away on April 26th, 1920 in India at the age of 32. Born on December 22nd, 1887, in Erode, India, Ramanujan had a knack for mathematics since his early childhood, but received no formal education due to his family's poverty. Despite this, he developed various mathematical results independently and by the age of 11 he had discovered the Bernoulli numbers and calculated Euler's constant. His mathematical talents led him to becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society at just 24 years of age, and in 1918 he became the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Ramanujan made immense contributions to mathematics, number theory, and infinite series, and worked in close collaboration with mathematician G. H. Hardy at Cambridge. These achievements have impacted mathematics to this day and changed and expanded the understanding of mathematical principles. His notable works include the partition function and mock theta functions, working in collaboration with Hardy to prove the Hardy-Ramanujan-Littlewood Circle Method, and the Ramanujan Prime. Ramanujan's death at such a young age should be remembered for his immense contributions to mathematics that are still being built upon today.
Born November 7th, 1888 in Tiruchirappalli.
Died November 21st, 1970 at 82 years old
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Died August 21st, 1995 at 84 years old
Born January 12th, 1863 in Swami Vivekananda's Ancestral House & Cultural Centre.
Died July 4th, 1902 at 39 years old
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