Srinivasa Ramanujan

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1. When was Srinivasa Ramanujan born?December 22, 1887
2. Where was Srinivasa Ramanujan born?Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
3. When did Srinivasa Ramanujan die?April 26, 1920 (age 32)
4. What is the key publication?His notebooks, containing thousands of mathematical formulas and theorems
5. Who was Srinivasa Ramanujan?Srinivasa Ramanujan was a self‑taught math prodigy from India who made many important discoveries in mathematics.
6. How did Ramanujan learn math on his own?He read a book with over 5,000 theorems and then filled notebooks with his own ideas, using his strong intuition.

Number Theory: A branch of pure mathematics devoted to the study of the integers and their properties, including prime numbers and divisibility.
Infinite Series: The sum of an infinite sequence of numbers, often used in calculus and analysis to represent functions or approximate values.
Mock Theta Functions: A class of functions discovered by Ramanujan that exhibit properties similar to theta functions but with key differences, finding relevance in modern physics.