ramanujam parents

[Dr. Pramod Nehete]

Plese could some one tell me the names of mathamatician, srinivas
ramanujam parents? I wanted for the project of my colleague's daughter.
( I think i need not post this mail in tamil(arava) news group).
thanks

[Venkateswara Rao Veluri]

Srinivas Iyengar is Ramanujan's father and Komalatammal is the mother.

Robert Kanigel's biography of Ramanujan, titled "The Man Who
Knew Infinity," Charles Scribner's Sons, New York(1991) is an
an entertaining read on Ramanujam.

A mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy ( Cambridge University Press,
1940)
is an emotional tale of how Ramanujan made it to Cambridge and
shows the magnanimity of Hardy. If you can get hold of a copy of this
book reprinted in the sixties with a foreword by C P Snow, it is still
better. Otherwise, search old issues of (may be fifties or so!) Harper's
for the C P Snow's article.

Regards.

Venkateswara Rao Veluri
appeared in
a mathematics scholar of

[Raghu Seshadri]

Venkateswara Rao Veluri (vrve...@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
: > Plese could some one tell me the names of mathamatician, srinivas
: > ramanujam parents? I wanted for the project of my colleague's daughter.
: > ( I think i need not post this mail in tamil(arava) news group).
: > thanks
:
: Srinivas Iyengar is Ramanujan's father and Komalatammal is the mother.

A word of explanation may be in order here.
Komalatammal might be translated as Komala Maa in Hindi,
in other words the actual name is Komala,
Ammal is a respectful suffix for all women,
especially after a certain age.

RS

[Akkaraju Sarma]

Venkateswara Rao Veluri wrote:

>
> Dr. Pramod Nehete wrote:
> >
> > Plese could some one tell me the names of mathamatician, srinivas
> > ramanujam parents? I wanted for the project of my colleague's daughter.
> > ( I think i need not post this mail in tamil(arava) news group).
> > thanks
>
> Srinivas Iyengar is Ramanujan's father and Komalatammal is the mother.
>

> Robert Kanigel's biography of Ramanujan, titled "The Man Who
> Knew Infinity," Charles Scribner's Sons, New York(1991) is an
> an entertaining read on Ramanujam.
>
> A mathematician's Apology by G. H. Hardy ( Cambridge University Press,
> 1940)
> is an emotional tale of how Ramanujan made it to Cambridge and
> shows the magnanimity of Hardy. If you can get hold of a copy of this
> book reprinted in the sixties with a foreword by C P Snow, it is still
> better. Otherwise, search old issues of (may be fifties or so!) Harper's
> for the C P Snow's article.
>
> Regards.
>
> Venkateswara Rao Veluri
> appeared in
> a mathematics scholar of

FYI:
There is an excellent Public Broadcasting System Video on Ramanujam
done with the support of AAAS. Please check your library and get a copy
thru inter-library-loan system. Ca. 1987 date.
Hope this information enhances the project.
Namsakaram.
Akkaraju Sarma.

[Venkateswara Rao Veluri]

In article <6iltlh$d...@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, sesh...@cse.ucsc.edu says...

>
>Venkateswara Rao Veluri (vrve...@worldnet.att.net) wrote:
>: > Plese could some one tell me the names of mathamatician, srinivas
>: > ramanujam parents? I wanted for the project of my colleague's daughter.
>: > ( I think i need not post this mail in tamil(arava) news group).
>: > thanks
>:
>: Srinivas Iyengar is Ramanujan's father and Komalatammal is the mother.
>

>A word of explanation may be in order here.
>Komalatammal might be translated as Komala Maa in Hindi,
>in other words the actual name is Komala,
>Ammal is a respectful suffix for all women,
>especially after a certain age.

Thanks for the explanation. Her name was Komalata, and Ammal
is added as a respectful and affectionate suffix.

vrv
>
>RS
>