Born in South India, Ramanujan was a promising student, winning academic prizes in high school. But at age 16 his life took a decisive turn after he obtained a book titled A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics.
His total immersion in mathematics was disastrous for Ramanujan's academic career: ignoring all his other subjects, he repeatedly failed his college exams.
(born December 22, 1887—died April 26, 1920,contributions— to the THEORY OF NUMBERS include pioneering discoveries of the properties of the partition FUNCTION.
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