Indian Prime Minister Dr.Manamohan Singh declared 2012 was declared 'National Mathematical Year' as a tribute to Mathematical Genius Sri Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Sri Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian Mathematician who made made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
Sri Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian Mathematician who made made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
Sri Ramanujan was born in Erode in a poor Brahmin family. He first encountered mathematics at the age of 10. By age of 12, he mastered advanced trigonometry. By age of 17, he discovered his own theorems in mathematics. At age of 27, he went to Cambridge and spent 5 years on research. In 1916, he was awarded PhD. He was the first Indian to be elected Fellow of Trinity college, Cambridge. During his short lifetime, Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3900 results.
Best of many Examples of Sri Ramanujan's Talent:-
'1729' Once, Hardy came to visit Ramanaujan in a cab numbered 1729. Hardy commented that the number seemed to be uninteresting. Then, Ramanujan stated on the spot that it was the smallest natural number which is representable in two different ways as a sum of two cubes i.e. 
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