Greetings!
Today is the birthday of Srinivasa Ramanujan, considered o be the greatest mathematician of India. Here is a brief biography of Ramanujan.
A few facts to backup the very scale of his unique mathematical genius:
- By the age of 13, and based entirely on self-study, he discovered his first, original mathematical theorems of own.
- By the end of his short life (he died on tuberculosis at the age of 32), he has compiled an incredibly large number of mathematical results – about 3900 (!) – the analysis, proof and elaboration of which others are spending a lifetime with.
- Although self-taught, only a small fraction of his results were false. And as if this wouldn’t be achievement enough:
- Although self-taught, the vast majority of his (already impressing number of) results have been unknown before. His work’s been absolutely original. (His theorems have been successively proved correct posthumously.)
3 comments:
Modern Education has failed to produce Ramanujams despite enormous investments in Educational field. Today, Education means marks and ranks. The purpose of education is job and money. Alas !!! So Poor in taste !!!
thanks for reminding
very well written and presented. keep the good work up!
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