Hardy went to the hospital to visit him, he remarked that he had ridden in a taxicab with the number 1729, adding "what a dull number to ride in to the hospital". A visit to hospital in a taxi resulted in one of the most celebrated anecdotes. After a funny incident, 1729 is called Hardy-Ramanujam number in his honor, and such numbers are called Taxicab numbers.Īfter moving to England, Ramanujan had a lot of health disorders.
22nd December is called National Mathematics Day in India because of Ramanujan's birth-anniversary! Also, being a devout Brahman, this mathematical super-hero had a tough time adjusting with the culture and cuisine. Hardy (Who later became his mentor) in 1913. After a visit to India, G.H Hardy brought Ramanujam with him to England but unfortunately the English weather didn't suit him very well. He also reported of mild racism towards him.Īfter getting inspired by his book Orders of Infinity, he wrote a letter to famous English mathematician G.H. Hardy brought Ramanujam with him to England but unfortunately the English weather didn't suit him. The results in his notebooks inspired numerous papers by mathematicians! 5. G.H. The second notebook has 256 pages in 21 chapters and 100 unorganized pages, and his third notebook had 33 unorganized pages. The first notebook had 351 pages with 16 organised chapters and some unorganized material. Because paper was expensive, poor Ramanujan often used to derive his results on a 'slate' to jot down results of his derivations.Īfter he died, people close to him found a treasure! This treasure was nothing materialistic but something which was even more precious! He left behind a 'notebook' with merely summaries and results in it, with little or no proofs - his personal notebook. Don't let minor disappointments come your way and keep following your passion. Who says failure should be the dead-end in a person's life! This man is an inspiration for many that temporary failure can't ever decide your future. 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. While others were involved in sports, it was math which caught his interest at a tender age. It is an obvious fact that being a nerd, it became difficult for Ramanujan to gel with kids of his age. He never had any friends in school because his peers rarely understood him at school & were always in awe of his mathematical acumen! When Ramanujan was thirteen, he could work out Loney’s Trigonometry exercises without any help!īy the age of 13, he had completed advanced trigonometry and discovered complex theorems on his own! Feeling numerically dyslexic already? 2. However, how well do you know this great man? Not at all? So, here are 7 most bizarre and unique facts about the man who found life and romance in the beauty of numbers and theorems! 1. Based on the life of Ramanujan, there is a lot of buzz surrounding the film. Shooting of the film began in August 2014 at Trinity College, Cambridge. Hardy and Devika Bhise plays Ramanujan’s wife. Even though the world-wide release date of the film hasn't been announced, the film premiered at the TIFF 2015 (Toronto International Film Festival)!ĭirected by Matt Brown, he used his own written script to treat the film. Dev Patel plays Srinivasa Ramanujan, Jeremy Irons plays G. He died at the age of 33 on April 20, 1920, but even in his short-lived life, he became Mozart of mathematics! Greatness of this man might have been forgotten but thanks to film fraternity for evoking life to this by making a film. Irrespective of having little or no access to having exposure to advance mathematics, he turned out to be one hell of a genius as a kid! As most child prodigies, if not all, Ramanujan could not survive for long.
Ramanujan was a child prodigy, and a mathematical genius.