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22 December 1887
Erode, Madras Presidency (now
Tamil Nadu)
26 April 1920 (aged 32)
Chetput, Madras, Madras
Presidency (now Tamil Nadu)
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Indian
Mathematics
Government Arts College
Pachaiyappa's College
G. H. Hardy
J. E. Littlewood
LandauRamanujan constant
Mock theta functions
Ramanujan conjecture
Ramanujan prime
RamanujanSoldner constant
Ramanujan theta function
Ramanujan's sum
RogersRamanujan identities
Ramanujan's master theorem
G. H. Hardy

Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS ( pronunciation (helpinfo)) (Tamil: ; 22

December 1887 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost

no formal training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical

analysis,