In later days of his life, he worked on modular equations and theta functions. He could do modular forms in his mind and was able to find very fundamental and interesting results. Modular forms and automorphic forms (generalisation of modular forms) are central to today's number theory research. read more
In later days of his life, he worked on modular equations and theta functions. He could do modular forms in his mind and was able to find very fundamental and interesting results. read more
Ramanujan was distraught, but Ayyar said he would find a way to help him without having him work as a clerk. Ayyar gave Ramanujan a letter of recommendation that he was to take to another Professor Ayyar (Seshu Ayyar), who happened to have been Ramanujan's instructor in the past. read more
The Ramanujan Journal, a peer-reviewed scientific journal, was established to publish work in all areas of mathematics influenced by Ramanujan, and his notebooks – containing summaries of his published and unpublished results – have been analyzed and studied for decades since his death as a source of new mathematical ideas. read more