22-Dec-2021: NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh in 2012 declared December 22 as National Mathematics Day to honour the legendary mathematician Shri Srinivasa Ramanujan.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
Tweeted, "My humble tributes to the legendary mathematician, Shri
Srinivasa Ramanujan on his birth anniversary, which is also celebrated as
National Mathematics Day. On this day, let us spread awareness on the
importance of mathematics in sustainable development, innovation and most of
all in improving the quality of lives."
Professor Neena Gupta, a
mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, has been awarded
the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematician. The Ramanujan
Prize is given annually to an eminent Mathematician by the International Centre
for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste and the government of India.
THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY
December 22 is marked as the National Mathematics Day every year, remembering one of India's greatest mathematicians Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan (Born 22-Dec-1887, Died 26-Apr-1920), who contributed to explaining the analytical theory of numbers and worked on elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series. At the time of his death in 1920, Ramanujan had discovered his own theorems and independently compiled 3900 results.
