Srinivasa Ramanujan

In which year was Srinivasa Ramanujan born?

• a) 1885

• b) 1887

• c) 1890

• d) 1892

2. Where was Ramanujan born?

• Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

• Kolkata, West Bengal, India

What is the famous mathematical constant associated with Ramanujan, denoted by the letter "G"?

• Golden ratio

• Gamma function

• Gelfond's constant

• Ramanujan constant (G)

At what age did Ramanujan independently develop his theorems without any formal training in mathematics?

• Around 9 years old

• Around 13 years old

• Around 16 years old

• Around 20 years old

Name the British mathematician who recognized Ramanujan's talent and brought him to Cambridge.

• Isaac Newton

• G. H. Hardy

• Alan Turing

• Bertrand Russell

6. What is the Ramanujan-Hardy number, also known as the "taxicab number"?

• a) 1729

• b) 1634

• c) 407

• d) 120

7. Ramanujan made significant contributions to which branch of mathematics?

• Calculus

• Algebra

• Number theory

• Geometry

Name the famous series discovered by Ramanujan that converges to pi.

• Riemann series

• Fibonacci series

• Taylor series

• Ramanujan series for pi

Ramanujan's work often involved which type of mathematical functions?

• Polynomial functions

• Trigonometric functions

• Modular forms

• Exponential functions

What is the significance of Ramanujan's "mock theta functions"?

• Used in graph theory

• Important in the theory of modular forms

• Essential in topology

• Applied in statistical analysis