Who was Srinivasa Ramanujan?  

• Birth: December 22, 1887, in Erode, Tamil Nadu. 
• Education: Secured a scholarship to the University of Madras in 1903, later lost due to his singular focus on mathematics. 
• Achievements: 
  • Published his first paper in 1911. 
  • Collaborated with British mathematician G.H. Hardy starting in 1913. 
  • Elected to the Royal Society of London in 1918, becoming one of its youngest members and the first Indian Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 
• Death: April 26, 1920, at age 32. 

 Contributions to Mathematics 

• Formulas and Equations 
  • Compiled 3,900 mathematical results, including an infinite series for Pi and unconventional methods to calculate Pi's digits. 
• Game Theory 
  • Developed innovative ideas that greatly advanced the field of game theory. 
• Ramanujan’s Notebook 
  • Rediscovered in 1976, the contents of his notebook were later published as a book. 
• Ramanujan Number (1729) 
• Other Contributions 
  • Explored hypergeometric series, the Riemann series, elliptic integrals, mock theta functions, divergent series, and zeta function equations.