Title

Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) A Centennial Tribute

Abstract

This centennial tribute commemorates Ramanujan the man and Ramanujan the mathematician. A brief account of his remarkable mathematical contributions is presented to describe the great talent of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Considerable discussion is made of his new and important ideas, results and theorems in various subjects including definite integrals, hypergeometric series, Bernoulli and Euler numbers, the Riemann zeta function, distribution of prime numbers, theory of partitions and statistical mechanics, continued fractions, hypergeometric functions, Rogers-Ramanujan identities, theory of representation of numbers as sums of squares, Ramanujan’s τ-function, q-series, elliptic and modular functions. © 1987 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

11-1-1987

Publication Title

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Volume

18

Issue

6

Number of Pages

821-861

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739870180608

Socpus ID

84946288228 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84946288228

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