SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Dec 22: BIT Sindri celebrated ‘National Mathematics Day’ on Thursday and paid rich tributes to eminent mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan on his 135th birth anniversary.
The event was organized by the Career Development Centre (CDC) of BIT Sindri in which director Prof DK Singh, CDC chairman Prof Ghanshyam, faculty members and students recalled the contributions of the great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Director DK Singh while paying tributes said that Ramanujan was one of the most brilliant mathematicians in the world in the 20th century. “His heritage and outstanding achievements with limited resources made us and our country proud,” he added.
Prof Ghanshyam said that technical graduates and young scientists who study in institutions like IIT and leave the country for their selfishness in the name of lack of infrastructure must take inspiration from the great mathematician.
Shedding light on the life of the great mathematician, Prof Ghanshyam said there is a saying that talent is not dependent on age and Ramanujan proved this.
Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on December 22, 1887, in a small town called Erode, 400 km away from Madras. He lived only till the age of 33 but even at this young age, he gave such important installations in the field of mathematics which amazed the whole world.
Between 1903 and 1914, before going to Cambridge, Ramanujan had written 3,542 theorems in his notebooks. He mostly gave his conclusions, not their origin. This was probably because he was not able to buy paper and used to do his work on slate first. Later, without giving evidence, he used to write it in the booklet. After coming back from England in 1919, Ramanujan started living in Kodamandi village and died on April 26, 1920, at the young age of just 33 years.
“Even today, mathematicians are surprised by Ramanujan’s abilities. They could not solve many of the theorems given by him even with the help of a computer, which Ramanujan used to solve with the help of a paper and pencil,” said Prof Ghanshyam. He further added that most of the work done by Ramanujan is still an incomprehensible puzzle for scientists.
