11th
August 2018.
This
visit to the Srinivasa Ramanujan Museum, a great Mathematical genius of our Country,
was a part of Royapuram Heritage Walk. The museum is at 15/9, Somu Chetty, 4th lane, Royapuram. This Museum was founded in 1991 by PK Srinivasan and Secretary ATB Bose. It has
a collection of rare Photos, letters, and manuscripts of Ramanujan’s works. When
PK Srinivasan was in search of a place to display to the public, ATB Bose came
to his rescue and offered his own property. The Museum is governed by MAT Educational Trust (Avvai Kalai Kazhagam Building run by the Mahamayi Ammal Thangappa Nadar Kalvi Valarchi Arakattalai,) an educational Trust. It has display rooms with a
library on the 1st and 2nd floor and an auditorium on the ground floor.
A
brief history of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Srinivasa Ramanujan was born in 1887 in KONGU NADU, ERODE, Kottai theppakulam area in his maternal grandmother's home. He
was a brilliant student during his school days. At the age of 16, he was fascinated
by a book titled 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics', which changed his entire life. He could not pass other subjects except Maths,
since he was immersed only in Mathematics.
Dropped out of College, supported by his friends continued his search on mathematics
scribbling volumes and volumes of mathematical theorems on notebooks. It was Ramachandra Rao, an
Indian mathematician who identified his capability, offered him a scholarship and later a job
as a clerk in Port Trust with a salary of Rs 30. In 1911, his 17-page first paper on Bernoulli numbers was published in Indian Mathematics Journal. In
1913 he had written a 10-page letter with theorems on infinite series to GH
Hardy a renowned English mathematician and he approved the same in consultation
with J E Littlewood, his collaborator. This made him a popular mathematician in
India. He was offered a research Scholar job at Madras University with a double
salary ( Rs 75) and was required to submit only quarterly reports on his research works.
In
1914, he went to England and continued his research along with G H Hardy. He
was awarded a bachelor's Degree in Science “by research” by Cambridge
University in 1916 ( from 1920 this degree was changed to a PhD) and later he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society ( the
first Indian to get one) 1918. During his stay in London, he could not cope with the food and the harsh chilly climate. As a result, his health deteriorated, and was hospitalized in 1917. In 1918, his health improved, and returned to
India in 1919. On return to India, he was
treated as his own son by Namberumal Chetty. Srinivasa Ramanujan stayed in one
of his houses and, after some days shifted to another house where he died in 1920 due to health issues. It is sad to note that this mathematical genius was fighting health problems from birth till his death. (further details on the Ramanujam Museum official website may be referred to)
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Dr
Alagappa Chettiar also started an Institute at Purasawalkam
Some of his works
Some of his works
Some of his works
The
persons dismissed Ramanujan’s request
Ramanujan’s Horoscope
---OM
SHIVAYA NAMA---
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