National Mathematics Day: 11 Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan!

National Mathematics Day Facts to know

1. When Ramanujan was thirteen, he could work out Loney’s Trigonometry exercises without any help!
2. He never had any friends in school because his peers rarely understood him at school & were always in awe of his mathematical acumen!
3. 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.
4. Because paper was expensive, poor Ramanujan often used to derive his results on a ‘slate’ to jot down results of his derivations.
5. 22nd December is called National Mathematics Day in India because of Ramanujan’s birth-anniversary!
6. He was first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
7. 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.
8. When Ramanujan got married in 1909, he was 12 and his wife Janaki was just 10.
9. He died at a young age of 32 in 1920 reportedly due to hepatic amoebiasis.
10. He also suffered from dysentery and severe vitamin deficiencies.
    Srinivasa Ramanujan was only second Indian to be offered a fellowship in Royal Society.
11. There is a dedicated museum situated in Chennai, in the glorious memory of Srinivasa Ramanujan.