Summary:
- Srinivasa Ramanujan was a brilliant Indian mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of mathematics in the early 20th century.
- The story of Ramanujan's "elbow" is a famous anecdote that illustrates his extraordinary mathematical abilities. He claimed that the number 1,729 was a "remarkable" number, as it was the smallest number that could be expressed as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.
- Ramanujan's work on infinite series, continued fractions, and number theory has had a lasting impact on the field of mathematics and is celebrated annually on National Mathematics Day in India.