The Great Ones · South Asia
Srinivasa Ramanujan
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Srinivasa Ramanujan

1887–1920

Self-taught mathematician of extraordinary, original genius.

Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920) endures among the great of South Asia. Self-taught mathematician of extraordinary, original genius.

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