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India's former Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh declared December 22 as National Mathematics Day on 26 December 2011. This declaration was done at Madras University and it marked the 125th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made substantial contributions to this subject including mathematical analysis, continued fractions, and more.
This day is celebrated will great enthusiasm in multiples schools and universities to honor Ramanujan's talent and achievements. There is a park that is made in his memory in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh. It is called 'Ramanujan Math Park' and it features gadgets like interactive touchscreen stations to enhance the experience.
Ramanujan is a self-taught genius who had almost no formal training in this field. G. H. Hardy recognized his passion and talent and was introduced to the University of Cambridge. According to him, the Indian mathematician had produced groundbreaking new theorems that were unfamiliar to other mathematicians.
Despite his achievements, Ramanujan lived a short life. He suffered from numerous health problems and this illness got worse due to his stay in England. With his deteriorating health, he was forced to move back to India in 1919, and in 1920 he died at the young age of 32. Her wife survived on his pension and moved to Bombay. In 1931 she adopted a son, W. Narayanan who became an officer of SBI.
Years after in death, his medical reports were scanned and it was revealed that the mathematics suffered from a disease that had similar symptoms to hepatic amoebiasis.
Ramanujan in his life as a great mathematician had proposed an abundance of formulae. Towards his end, his last invention was mock theta functions which are now known as Maass forms.
