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Narrate the association of Ramanujan with G.H. Hardy. - English

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Narrate the association of Ramanujan with G.H. Hardy.

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Title: From Zero to Infinity.
Author: Anonymous (Biography of Ramanujan).
Characters: Ramanujan and G.H. Hardy.
Theme: “Fellowship happens when mercy wins over justice”

Earlier:

Ramanujan had sent a letter to the great mathematician G.H. Hardy of Cambridge University. He had set out 120 theorems and formulae in it. Very soon Hardy and Littlewood realized that they had discovered a rare mathematical genius. They made arrangements for Ramanujan’s passage and ay at Cambridge university.

Ramanujan found himself a stranger at Cambridge. In the company of Hardy and Littlewood, he could forget much of the hardship he had to endure. In Ramanujan, Hardy found an unsystematic mathematician similar to one who knows the Pythagoras theorem without knowing what a congruent triangle means. It was due to his lack of formal education. It was the sheer genius that led him to mathematical ‘Truths’ Ramanujan was elected, Fellow of the Royal Society on February 28, 1918.

He was the youngest Indian who received this distinguished fellowship. In October that year, he became the first Indian to be elected fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His achievements.

At Cambridge include the Hardy Ramanujan – Littlewood circle method in number theory. Besides being a mathematician, Ramanujan was an astrologer of repute and a good speaker. He used to give lectures on subjects like “God, zero and infinity”.
“Attitude is greatly shaped by influence and association”.

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उत्तर २

Earlier Ramanujan had sent a letter to G.H. Hardy with 120 theorems and formulae. Soon Hardy and Littlewood discovered a rare mathematical genius. They arranged for Ramanujan’s passage and stay at Cambridge University. He found himself a stranger at Cambridge. In their company, he could forget the hardship he endured.

In him, Hardy found an unsystematic mathematician lacking formal education. Only sheer genius led him to mathematical ‘truths’. He was elected Fellow of the Royal – Society on February 28, 1918. He was the youngest Indian to receive this distinguished fellowship.

In October that year, he became the first Indian to be elected Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. His achievements include the Hardy Ramanujan Littlewood circle method in number theory. Due to an incurable disease then, Tuberculosis, he was sent back to India. To forget the agonizing pain he continued to play with numbers even on his death bed.

“Good communication is the best medicine for the healthy association”.

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