Srinivasa ramanujan contribution to mathematics

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Indian mathematician (1887–1920)

"Ramanujan" redirects here. For other uses, see Ramanujan (disambiguation).

In this Indian name, the name Srinivasa is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ramanujan.

Srinivasa Ramanujan

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Ramanujan in 1913

Born

Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar


(1887-12-22)22 December 1887

Erode, Mysore State, British India (now in Tamil Nadu, India)

Died26 April 1920(1920-04-26) (aged 32)

Kumbakonam, Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, British India (now Thanjavur district,
Tamil Nadu, India)

CitizenshipBritish Indian
Education
Known for
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society (1918)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
ThesisHighly Composite Numbers (1916)
Academic advisors

Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar[a] (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, though he had almost no

Brahmagupta

Brahmagupta, whose father was Jisnugupta, wrote important works on mathematics and astronomy. In particular he wrote BrahmasphutasiddhantaⓉ, in 628. The work was written in 25 chapters and Brahmagupta tells us in the text that he wrote it at Bhillamala which today is the city of Bhinmal. This was the capital of the lands ruled by the Gurjara dynasty.

Brahmagupta became the head of the astronomical observatory at Ujjain which was the foremost mathematical centre of ancient India at this time. Outstanding mathematicians such as Varahamihira had worked there and built up a strong school of mathematical astronomy.

In addition to the BrahmasphutasiddhantaⓉ Brahmagupta wrote a second work on mathematics and astronomy which is the KhandakhadyakaⓉ written in 665 when he was 67 years old. We look below at some of the remarkable ideas which Brahmagupta's two treatises contain. First let us give an overview of their contents.

The BrahmasphutasiddhantaⓉ contains twenty-five chapters but the first ten of these chapters seem to form what many historians believe wa

Aryabhata

Indian mathematician-astronomer (476–550)

For other uses, see Aryabhata (disambiguation).

Āryabhaṭa

Illustration of Āryabhaṭa

Born476 CE

Kusumapura / Pataliputra,
Gupta Empire
(present-day Patna, Bihar, India)[1]

Died550 CE (aged 73–74) [2]
InfluencesSurya Siddhanta
EraGupta era
Main interestsMathematics, astronomy
Notable worksĀryabhaṭīya, Arya-siddhanta
Notable ideasExplanation of lunar eclipse and solar eclipse, rotation of Earth on its axis, reflection of light by the Moon, sinusoidal functions, solution of single variable quadratic equation, value of π correct to 4 decimal places, diameter of Earth, calculation of the length of sidereal year
InfluencedLalla, Bhaskara I, Brahmagupta, Varahamihira

Aryabhata ( ISO: Āryabhaṭa) or Aryabhata I[3][4] (476–550 CE)[5][6] was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Āryabhaṭīya (which mentions that i

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