History of National Mathematics Day
The then Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh declared the year 2012 as National Mathematics Year and Ramanujan's birthday on December 22 as National Mathematics Year while paying tribute to Srinivasa Ramanujam at an event organized to mark the 125th birth anniversary of great mathematician Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan in Chennai on 22 December 2012. Mathematics Day was declared.
Biography of Shri Niwas Ramanujan:
Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 in a village named Erode in Coimbatore, located in the southern part of India. He was born in a traditional Brahmin family. His mother's name was Komaltammal and his father's name was Srinivasa Iyengar. At the age of ten, Ramanujan secured the highest marks in the entire district in the primary examination and proceeded to the Town High School for further education.
At the age of only 33, he made many important contributions in the field of mathematics with his amazing and unique knowledge. Due to which he was recognized as a great mathematician all over the world.
He is known for the following mathematical principles:
- Landau-Ramanujan constant
- Ramanujan–Söldner constantRamanujan theta function
- Rogers-ramanujan identity
- Ramanujan prime
- Ramanujan Yoga
He made important contributions to number theory, mathematical analysis, infinite series, and continued fractions. His works were recognized by Hardy, an English mathematician.
Hardy-Ramanujan number:
1729 is the Hardy Ramanujan number. When Hardy visited Ramanujan in the hospital, Ramanujan told Hardy that 1729 was the smallest number that could be expressed as two cubes in two different ways.
1729 = 1 3 + 12 3 = 9 3 + 10 3