Thanks for A2A!! See the trick lies in understanding the beauty and subtlety of mathematics and not in how many hours one puts in to do mathematics. As far as Ramanujan is concerned he surely followed the same trick. He was actually a great student when he was around 12 and did well in each and every subject. read more
There is also another aspect to Ramanujan, he more often than not came up with unusual proofs and results which is a clear indication of the fact that he thought about math problems in a different way and so it can said that it's not about how many hours he had put in doing maths but it's more important to understand how he thought about his problems. read more
Ramanujan, who lived a short but very productive life, continues to be an inspiration for mathematicians across the world, and his work has inspired a lot of research over the years. Here are 10 things to know about him: 1. He was born in 1887 in Erode, located in Tamil Nadu. read more
Many were completely novel; his original and highly unconventional results, such as the Ramanujan prime, the Ramanujan theta function, partition formulae and mock theta functions, have opened entire new areas of work and inspired a vast amount of further research. read more