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Write about Ramanujan in 50 words and the sum of all natural numbers.How did he die?

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Srinivasa Ramanujan, (born December 22, 1887, Erode, India—died April 26, 1920, Kumbakonam), Indian mathematician whose contributions to the theory of numbers include pioneering discoveries of the properties of the partition function.He is recognised as one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, but Srinivasa Ramanujan had almost no formal training in math.He was the second Indian to be inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society, which is a Fellowship of some of the world’s most eminent scientists.
He was diagnosed with tuberculosis and a severe vitamin deficiency at the time, and was confined to a sanatorium. In 1919 he returned to Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, and soon thereafter, in 1920, died at the age of 32.
Sum of all natural numbers is i.e. 1+2+3+4+5+...=-112
Note:  sum of n natural numbers is given by :
nn+12
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Srinivasa Ramanujan was an?Indian?mathematician?who lived during the?British Rule in India.?Though he had almost no formal training in?pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to?mathematical analysis,?number theory,?infinite series, and?continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable. Ramanujan initially developed his own mathematical research in isolation; it was quickly recognized by Indian mathematicians. Seeking mathematicians who could better understand his work, in 1913 he began a?postal?partnership with the English mathematician?G. H. Hardy?at the?University of Cambridge,?England. Recognizing the extraordinary work sent to him as samples, Hardy arranged travel for Ramanujan to Cambridge. In his notes, Ramanujan had produced groundbreaking new?theorems, including some that Hardy stated had "defeated [him and his colleagues] completely", in addition to rediscovering recently proven but highly advanced results
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Srinivasa Ramanujan was an?Indian ?mathematician ?who lived during the?British Rule in India.?Though he had almost no formal training in?pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to?mathematical analysis,?number theory,?infinite series, and?continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable. Ramanujan initially developed his own mathematical research in isolation; it was quickly recognized by Indian mathematicians. Seeking mathematicians who could better understand his work, in 1913 he began a?postal ?partnership with the English mathematician?G.H. Hardy ?at the?University of Cambridge,?England. Recognizing the extraordinary work sent to him as samples, Hardy arranged travel for Ramanujan to Cambridge. In his notes, Ramanujan had produced groundbreaking new?theorems, including some that Hardy stated had "defeated [him and his colleagues] completely", in addition to rediscovering recently proven but highly advanced results.
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The way to regularize the?sum?is by no means unique, but the finite part of the?sumis always -1/12. Actually there's a debate over whether the value of?sum of all?thenatural numbers?is either infinity or -1/12. The value of this ultimate?number?was found out by the great Indian mathematician Ramanujan.
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