Tribute to the man who knew #infinity on his 100th death anniversary. Srinivasa Ramanujan, pioneer in mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series & continued fractions. He lived only 32 years & left the world in 1920.

Son of a clerk from erode, who stunned the world with his mathematics prowess. Later became one of the youngest Fellows of the Royal Society & only the second Indian. And the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Even in that short life independently compiled nearly 3,900 results. Most were novel. Interesting thing his many works are still attracting mathematicians. He worked in isolation many a times, as a result he also proved things which were already done by others at that time.

His famous quote; An equation for me has no meaning," he once said, unless it expresses a thought of God.

The year after his death, Nature listed Ramanujan among other distinguished scientists and mathematicians on a "Calendar of Scientific Pioneers" who had achieved eminence.