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This year marks the 104th death anniversary of Indian mathematical genius, Srinivasa Ramanujan.

• Early Life and Background: Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on December 22, 1887, in Erode, India, to a Tamil Brahmin Iyengar family.
• Mathematical Genius: Ramanujan is renowned for his contributions to the analytical theory of numbers, elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series.
• Contributions to Mathematics: Ramanujan explored diverse mathematical concepts, including Riemann series, elliptic integrals, hypergeometric series, and functional equations of the zeta function.
  • He formulated his own theory of divergent series, known as Ramanujan summation, and made significant advances in the partition of numbers.
• Recognition and Achievements: Ramanujan was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1918 for his groundbreaking work in elliptic functions and the Theory of Numbers.
  • He became the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, in October 1918, further solidifying his academic stature.
• Legacy and Mathematical Contributions: Ramanujan's legacy includes numerous mathematical concepts and theorems named after him, such as the Landau–Ramanujan constant, Ramanujan prime, and Mock theta functions.
• National Mathematics Day is observed on December 22nd annually in India to commemorate Srinivasa Ramanujan's birth anniversary.