The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive's biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan, covering his self-taught early career in India, his correspondence with and collaboration with G. H. Hardy at Cambridge, and his contributions to number theory and infinite series.
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PublisherMacTutor History of Mathematics, University of St Andrews
URLhttps://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Ramanujan/
Source Typeacademic biography
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A specialist academic history-of-mathematics reference maintained by the University of St Andrews, with named editorial contributors and continuous review, tier 2 throughout this atlas for mathematician biographies. Sources
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