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Srinivasa Ramanujan


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1 The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.-08540, United States
     

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Srinivasa Ramanujan was born at Erode, about 250 miles west south west of Madras, the capital city of Madras Presidency, on Thursday, 22 December 1887 at 6 : 00 P.M. as the son of Srinivasa Aiyangar of Kumbakonam, a town in the Thanjavur (Tanjore) district of the Madras Presidency, and his wife Komalattammal of Erode. Ramaujan’s mother Komalattammal was a strong-willed and intelligent woman, daughter of Narayana Aiyangar who was well known in Erode though he was only a modest official in the District Court.
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K. G. Ramanathan
The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.J.-08540, United States

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Srinivasa Ramanujan was born at Erode, about 250 miles west south west of Madras, the capital city of Madras Presidency, on Thursday, 22 December 1887 at 6 : 00 P.M. as the son of Srinivasa Aiyangar of Kumbakonam, a town in the Thanjavur (Tanjore) district of the Madras Presidency, and his wife Komalattammal of Erode. Ramaujan’s mother Komalattammal was a strong-willed and intelligent woman, daughter of Narayana Aiyangar who was well known in Erode though he was only a modest official in the District Court.