Who among the following Indians is known for his exemplary contribution in the field of mathematics?
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Option 2 : S Ramanujan
The correct answer is S Ramanujan.
- Srinivasa Ramanujan born on 22 December 1887 to a Tamil Brahmin Iyengar family is considered one of India’s greatest mathematical geniuses.
- He made significant contributions to the theory of numbers most important lead to the properties of the partition function.
- He had no formal education in pure mathematics but still, he excelled in this field.
- His thesis was published in European and English general journals and he was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1918.
- He discovered that 1792 is the magic number because it is the only number that can be expressed as the sum of cubes for two different sets of numbers.
- Tamil Nadu government celebrates State IT Day on his birthday on 22nd December.
- 22nd December is celebrated as "National Mathematics Day" in India.
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