SRINIVASA IYENGAR RAMANUJAN

PRESENTED BY GROUP I1. AFSAR ALI -822. PAWAN MINZ-853. POOJA SHREE-864. SHASHI-985. RAVI-108

PROLOGUE –SCALE OFF

CONTENTINTRODUCTIONDAKSHIN GANGESARANGAPANI SANNIDHI STREETA BRAHMIN BOYHOODOFF SCALE

INTRODUCTIONRamanujan was born on 22 december 1887 in

Erode, madras at the residence of his grandparents

Residence- Kumbakonam Father-kuppuswamy srinivas iyengarMother-komalatammal was a housewifeSpouse- Janaki AmmalCollege- Government Arts college pachaiyappa’s college Cambridge University trinity

Ramanujan was a stubborn faith in his own abilities.

He was self taught mathematical prodigy from a town outside madras in south India.

Ramanujan’s health worsened in England diagnosed with tuberculosis and vitamins deficiency.

Returned to kumbakonam in 1919 and died soon there after at the age of 32 .

DAKSHIN GANGE

Ramanujan heard it all his life the slow, measured thwap…thwap… thwap of wet clothes.

The cauvery was a familiar, recurring constant of Ramanujan life.

Kumbakonam his hometown, flanked by the cauvery.

In 1853 when it flooded covering the delta with water and causing immense damaged

Cauvery was a place for spiritual cleansing for agriculture surfiet.

In 1887 the wake of two straight years of failed monsoon.

SARANGAPANI SANNIDHI STREET

In 1887 in the town of kumbakomam a baby boy, ramanujan was born

His mom knew in heart , from the stars she

could chart, this was no ordinary mind.

The boy grew and played, while the mother sat and prayed, namagiri gives us guidance and strength.

His mothers called him chinnaswami or liitle lord.

“Ramanujan”- pronounced Rah-MAH-na-jun.

Ramanujan‘s mother komalatammal, sangs bhajans or devotional songs at nearby temple with her husband.

Ramanujan would bear the scars of his childhood.

Ramanujan’s Family was a case study in the damning statistics.

Kumbakonam was notorious for its bad water

In a dispute over a loan, his grandfather quit his job and left kanchipuram

A BRAHMIN BOYHOOD

Kumbakonam was a bed rock of brahanism, the traditional hinduism associated with its priestly caste.

There were castes these accounts recorded :1. Brahmins 2. Kshatriya3. Vaisyas4. Sudras

• There were the castes of agricultural workers ,barbers, weavers,carpenters.

• Further theological nuances for example – over just how much effort was needed to secure divine grace-lay in the between its TELENGALAI and VEDAGALAI.

• Ramanujan wore a caste mark on his forehead- the namam

• Caste barriers rose highest at meal time.

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Ramanujan studied English an early age in November 1897.

He passed his primary examination-English Tamil Arithmatic and geography.

In the Early 1900, as now English was ascendant in India.

One day the maths teacher pointed out that any thing divided by itself was one:

Ramanujan learned from an older boy how to solve cubic equations.

Ramanujan was being Awarded K.Ranganatha Rao prize for Mathematics.