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Srinivasa Ramanujan

Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar was an Indian mathematician who worked during the early 20th century. He made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems then considered unsolvable.

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science · Indian mathematician (1887–1920) · mathematician · accountant · also Srinivasa Ramanujan, Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan, Ramanujan, Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanuja Iyengar, Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar

Born 22 December 1887 · Died 26 April 1920 · Q83163

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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1918).
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Awarded Fellow of Trinity College (1918).
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2026· 3 entries

Aug 10, 2026Documented record69% confidence

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Moneycontrol: AI asks Srinivasa Ramanujan about life in England during a podcast. His response goes viral

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Jul 17, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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Public attention spiked: 15,138 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 3,363, with 1 article edits.

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Public attention spiked: 12,410 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.7× the usual 3,363, with 0 article edits.

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2025· 2 entries

Dec 22, 2025Documented record69% confidence

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Indiatimes: National Mathematics Day: Who was Srinivasa Ramanujan?

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Dec 22, 2025Documented record69% confidence

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Hindustan Times: Why is National Mathematics Day celebrated? All about Srinivasa Ramanujan and his valuable contributions

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2023· 2 entries

Dec 21, 2023Documented record69% confidence

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NDTV: National Mathematics Day: Srinivasa Ramanujan And His Contributions To Mathematics

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Dec 21, 2023Documented record69% confidence

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Hindustan Times: National Mathematics Day 2023: Know about Srinivasa Ramanujan's life & work

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2022· 2 entries

Dec 29, 2022Reported claimRated False · The Quint

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The Quint rated the claim “Neena Gupta is the first Indian woman to receive the Ramanujan award.” False.

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Dec 26, 2022Reported claimRated MISLEADING · FACTLY

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FACTLY rated the claim “Prof. Neena Gupta is the only Indian Woman to have won the Ramanujan Award” MISLEADING.

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2021· 1 entry

Dec 17, 2021Reported claimRated Mostly false · India Today

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India Today rated the claim “Kolkata-based Neena Gupta becomes first Indian to win the Ramanujan Prize for young mathematicians.” Mostly false.

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2020· 1 entry

Jan 30, 2020Documented record69% confidence

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The Hindu: This book captures Srinivasa Ramanujan’s genius for kids

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2018· 1 entry

Dec 21, 2018Documented record69% confidence

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The Hindu: National Mathematics Day | On Srinivasa Ramanujan and his contribution to mathematics

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2017· 1 entry

Dec 21, 2017Documented record69% confidence

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NDTV: Srinivasa Ramanujan Birth Anniversary: 10 Facts About The Mathematics Genius

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2016· 1 entry

Dec 22, 2016Documented record69% confidence

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Mid Day: Remembering mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan

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2014· 1 entry

2014Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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By the independent film company Camphor Cinema

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2011· 1 entry

2011Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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On the 125th anniversary of his birth, the Indian government declared that 22 December will be celebrated every year as National Mathematics Day

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1984· 1 entry

1984Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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That Ramanujan spent so much of his time on mathematics that he did not go to the temple, that she and her mother often fed him because he had no time to eat, and that most of the religious stories attributed to him orig

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1976· 1 entry

1976Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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George Andrews rediscovered a fourth notebook with 87 unorganised pages, the so-called "lost notebook"

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1973· 1 entry

1973Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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As a consequence of Pierre Deligne's proof of the Weil conjectures

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1937· 1 entry

1937Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Hans Rademacher refined their formula to find an exact convergent series solution to this problem

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1931· 1 entry

1931Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Returned to Madras and settled in Triplicane, where she supported herself on a pension from Madras University and income from tailoring

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1920· 2 entries

Apr 26, 1920Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1920-04-26.

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1920Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Hardy observed that Ramanujan's work primarily involved fields less known even among other pure mathematicians, concluding:

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1919· 2 entries

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Ill health—now believed to have been hepatic amoebiasis (a complication from episodes of dysentery many years previously)—compelled Ramanujan's return to India, where he died in 1920 at the age of 32

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1919Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Ramanujan returned to Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, where he died in 1920 aged 32

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1918· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1918Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Fellow of the Royal Society (1918).

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Jun 15, 1918Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Fellow of Trinity College (1918).

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1918Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Hardy and Ramanujan studied the partition function P(n) extensively

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1916· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1916Documented record84% confidence

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Studied at Trinity College (1914–1916).

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1913· 1 entry

1913Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Began a mail correspondence with the English mathematician G

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1912· 2 entries

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And Ramanujan's mother joined Ramanujan in Madras

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1912Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Ramanujan moved with his wife and mother to a house in Saiva Muthaiah Mudali street, George Town, Madras, where they lived for a few months

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1911· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1911Documented record75% confidence

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“Some Properties of Bernoulli's Numbers”

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1910· 2 entries

1910Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Ramanujan met deputy collector V

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1910Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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After a meeting between the 23-year-old Ramanujan and the founder of the Indian Mathematical Society, V

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1907· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1907Documented record84% confidence

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Studied at Pachaiyappa's College (1906–1907).

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1905· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1905Documented record84% confidence

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Studied at Government Arts College, Kumbakonam (1904–1905).

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1904· 2 entries

1904Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Ramanujan was awarded the K

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Jan 1, 1904Documented record84% confidence

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Studied at Town Higher Secondary School (1898–1904).

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1903· 2 entries

1903Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Tried to solve the quintic, not knowing that it was impossible to solve with radicals

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1903Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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When he was 16, Ramanujan obtained from a friend a library copy of A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics, G

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1891· 1 entry

1891Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And 1894, both of whom died before their first birthdays

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1887· 2 entries

Dec 22, 1887Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1887-12-22.

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Jan 1, 1887Documented record70% confidence

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“Our Devoted Site for Great Mathematical Genius”

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