Srinivasa Ramanujan Death Anniversary: 10 Quotes and Interesting Facts About the Mathematician

This year marks the 104th death anniversary of Indian mathematical genius, Srinivasa Ramanujan. Srinivasa Ramanujan’s 104th Death Anniversary: Quotes “An equation for me has no meaning, unless it expresses a thought of God.” – Srinivasa Ramanujan “I have not trodden through the conventional regular course which is followed in a University course, but I am striking out a new path for myself.” –An excerpt from Ramanujan’s first letter to GH Hardy. “To preserve my brains I want food and this is now my first consideration.” – Srinivasa Ramanujan “ is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as a sum of two cubes in two different ways, the two ways being 13 + 123 and 93 + 103.” –Ramanujan, replying to G.H. As soon as I woke up, I committed them to writing.” – Srinivasa Ramanujan “Every positive integer is one of Ramanujan’s personal friends.” – John Littlewood recalled by G H Hardy “They must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have had the imagination to invent them.” – G.H. Hardy Srinivasa Ramanujan’s 104th Death Anniversary: Interesting Facts Ramanujan was the first Indian elected as a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.