What was Srinivasa Ramanujan childhood like?
Ramanujan was born in his grandmother’s house in Erode, a small village about 400 km southwest of Madras (now Chennai). When Ramanujan was a year old his mother took him to the town of Kumbakonam, about 160 km nearer Madras. His father worked in Kumbakonam as a clerk in a cloth merchant’s shop.
Where did Ramanujan spent his childhood?
A few yards from the Sarangapani temple, the largest Vaishnava temple in Kumbakonam, is the house where Ramanujan spent his childhood with his parents and two younger brothers.
How many hours did Srinivasa Ramanujan sleep?
The war had deprived him of full access to customary Indian comestibles to adequately meet his customary vegetarian food intake. This was made worse by self-catering his food needs only erratically while following his research obsessively: he could work continually for 30 hours and sleep for 20 hours.
Did Ramanujan died of TB?
He was diagnosed with tuberculosis and a severe vitamin deficiency, and confined to a sanatorium. In 1919, he returned to Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, and in 1920 he died at the age of 32.
Who did Ramanujan pray?
the goddess Namagiri
Ramanujan prayed to the goddess Namagiri by sitting in the center of a four pillared mandapam facing the goddess, in the Narasimha swamy Temple. It is said that they stayed in the precincts of the temple for three days, and Ramanujan got the permission of the goddess to go to England, in a dream when he was asleep.
Which goddess is Ramanujan Worshipped?
goddess Namagiri
Why is three the magic number?
Throughout human history, the number 3 has always had a unique significance, but why? The ancient Greek philosopher, Pythagoras, postulated that the meaning behind numbers was deeply significant. In their eyes the number 3 was considered as the perfect number, the number of harmony, wisdom and understanding.
What is a cute number?
A number is called cute if it has exactly four positive integral divisors.