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THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY
Srinivasa Ramanujan
This is the story of a mathematical prodigy and his proclivity towards the subject despite having
a life of poverty and neglect. His amazing ability to understand message and meaning lying in
numbers and his genius and extraordinary brilliance in number theory and pattern of the number

brought the focus of entire world towards India. The effect that words have on a poet and
emotions on a lyricist, was the same that the principles of mathematics had on S. Ramanujan. “
Mathematics is not about numbers & equations, Computation or algorithms; it is about

understanding “ Let begin the story of his legendary being S. Ramanujan was a largely self-
taught pure mathematician hindered by poverty and ill-health. His highly original work has
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Considerably enriched number theory. December 22 is celebrated as National Mathematics
Day as he was born on that day in 1887, 32 years as he was died on 26 April 1920. However, S.
Ramanujan had no formal training in mathematics. He used to always write on a Slate with chalk

and when one of his friend asked him to write on paper. He replied –“When food is the problem,
how can I find money for paper? “I may require four reams of paper every month.”

“Success is not Just a measure of How big you can Dream. It is also a measure of how much you
can do”.
Kajal k
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FACTS OF MATHEMATICS WHICH ARE MIND BLOWING

² Have you heard about a Palindrome Number? It is a number that reads the same
backwards and forward,

² e.g., 12421
² If you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5...)
² the total is 5050.
² Six Is the Smallest Perfect Number

² The Square Root of Two Is Called "Pythagoras' Constant.
² Trigonometry is the study of the relationship between the angles of triangles and their
sides
² An icosagon is a shape with 20 sides. The sum of any icosagon's interior angles is

3240 degrees.

M. Nandini
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