National Mathematics Day 2021: December 22 is celebrated as National Mathematics Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of one of the brightest minds of the country, Srinivasa Ramanujan. Self-taught Pratibha was born on December 22, 1887, in a small village in Erode, Madras Presidency, British India. The day signifies the importance of mathematics in the development of our nation and honors the wonderful works of Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Here are some interesting facts and quotes for the mathematical genius to remember:
Ramanujan used to solve Loni’s trigonometry exercises at the age of 13 without anyone’s help.
He never had any school friends because his peers were intimidated by his mathematical genius.
He failed to get the degree as he did not pass the non-mathematical subjects.
He was the second Indian to be awarded a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1918. The first was Ardasir Kursetji, a marine engineer.
Ramanujan claimed that throughout his lifetime a Hindu goddess named Namakkal used to give him equations and principles to prove, which he used to solve while he was awake.
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For Ramanujan, mathematics was equal to God, and the equations were like the thoughts of the Almighty. He said: “An equation has no meaning to me unless it expresses the idea of God.”
An innate genius, he quickly thought of an interesting way to defend the number 1729, which G.H. Hardy had considered dull.
1729 = 13 + 123 = 93 + 103
He said: “No, it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number that can be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.”
In a letter to GH Hardy, he also described his talent in words.
“I would like to introduce myself as a clerk in the Accounts Department of the Port Trust Office in Madras… After leaving school, I am using my free time to work in Mathematics.”
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