Srinivasa Ramanujan: 11 Facts About The Mathematician Whose Genius Remains Unmatched Till Date

On December 22, 1887, the math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, was born in his maternal grandmother’s house in Erode.

When Ramanujan was thirteen, he could work out Loney’s Trigonometry exercises without any help!

Ramanujan was married to Janaki Ammal on March 21, 1899.

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, Ramanujan often used to derive his results on a 'slate'.

G.H. Hardy brought Ramanujam with him to England, but unfortunately the English weather didn't suit him. He also reported mild racism towards him.?

Even with little formal training in mathematics, Ramanujan published his first paper in the Journal of Indian Mathematical Society, in 1911.

Ramanujan became the second Indian Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918, and the first Indian Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in the same year.

December 22 is commemorated as the National Mathematics Day in India, because it is Ramanujan's birth anniversary!