National Mathematics Day Facts to know
- When Ramanujan was thirteen, he could work out Loney’s Trigonometry exercises without any help!
- He never had any friends in school because his peers rarely understood him at school & were always in awe of his mathematical acumen!
- As a young man, he failed to get a degree, as he did not clear his fine arts courses, although he always performed exceptionally well in mathematics.
- Because paper was expensive, poor Ramanujan often used to derive his results on a ‘slate’ to jot down results of his derivations.
- 22nd December is called National Mathematics Day in India because of Ramanujan’s birth-anniversary!
- He was first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
- His formulas, theories, and equations opened an entirely new area of work and inspired further research. Nearly all his claims have now been proven right.
- When Ramanujan got married in 1909, he was 12 and his wife Janaki was just 10.
- He died at a young age of 32 in 1920 reportedly due to hepatic amoebiasis.
- He also suffered from dysentery and severe vitamin deficiencies.
Srinivasa Ramanujan was only second Indian to be offered a fellowship in Royal Society. - There is a dedicated museum situated in Chennai, in the glorious memory of Srinivasa Ramanujan.