Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa
Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 in Erode, Madras Presidency, now
in Tamil Nadu. He is a man known for his work done in the field of
mathematics. And that too with no formal training of that subject which
others are getting in European countries. Ramanujan developed his own
mathematical research in isolation. Some extraordinary contribution done
by him in the field of mathematics are – mathematical analysis, number
theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. Along with this, the
legend has provided many theorems.
Education
He
was enrolled into Telegu School, but found it too tiring and
uninteresting to attend school and mostly he use to ran away from there.
Later in 1904, he graduated from Town Higher Secondary School.