Title Slide

• Srinivasa Ramanujan: Contributions to

Mathematics
• Exploring the Genius of a Mathematical
Prodigy
• Your Name
• Date
 Introduction
• Brief overview of Ramanujan's life (1887-
1920)
• His early life in India
• Initial struggles and eventual recognition
 Early Life and Education
• Born in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
• Early fascination with mathematics
• Self-taught from a young age
• Influence of 'A Synopsis of Elementary Results
in Pure and Applied Mathematics' by G.S. Carr
 Discovery and Recognition
• Struggles with formal education
• Support from Indian mathematicians
• Correspondence with G.H. Hardy in 1913
• Move to Cambridge University
 Partition Theory
• Explanation of partition function p(n)
• Ramanujan's partition congruences
• Examples and significance in number theory
 Infinite Series and Continued
Fractions
• Contributions to the theory of infinite series
• Notable series like Ramanujan's pi formulas
• Work on continued fractions and their
applications
 Modular Forms and Mock Theta
Functions
• Introduction to modular forms
• Ramanujan's conjectures and contributions
• Discovery and significance of mock theta
functions
 Ramanujan's Tau Function
• Definition and importance of the tau function
τ(n)
• Ramanujan's conjectures about the tau
function
• Applications in modern number theory
 Legacy and Impact
• Influence on future mathematicians
• Recognition and honors
• Ramanujan's notebooks and continued
research
 Conclusion
• Summary of key contributions
• Ramanujan's unique approach to mathematics
• Enduring impact on the field
• Thank you / Q&A