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Ramanujan’s letter was written in halting English and signed by a person unknown to Hardy. The script appeared to consist of theorems, most of them wild or fantastic-looking. Some of them though well known were laid out as though they were original. There were no proofs of any kind. It seemed to be a kind of fraud, and hence bored and irritated Hardy.

Ramanujan’s achievements and honour, received in England: 

• The Royal Society elected him a Fellow at the age of thirty (which, even for a mathematician, is very young) 
• Trinity College elected him a Fellow in the same year. 
• Ramanujan was the first Indian to be given either of these distinctions.

Hardy could not get the Indian manuscript out of his mind. It had wild theorems he had never seen before or imagined. He wondered if it was an unknown mathematician of genius. He had another look at the script and then invited Littlewood for a discussion to clarify his doubts.

Ramanujan’s mother had a dream in which she saw her son seated in a big hall among a group of Europeans and the goddess of Namakkal had commanded her not to stand in the way of her son fulfilling his life’s purpose. Hence, obeying the command of the goddess of Namakkal, mother agreed to send Ramanujan to England.

Ramanujan found the number 1729 very interesting because it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.

Ramanujan had to be hospitalized because he was ill. He later died of tuberculosis.

Ramanujan was an untrained genius. There was a big difference between Ramanujan’s and Hardy’s education. Ramanujan knew nothing of modern rigour; he did not know what proof was and Hardy was obliged to teach him some formal mathematics. He was sometimes confused with Hardy’s conversation when it was outside mathematics. Due to all these reasons, Hardy and Ramanujan could not; talk freely with each other.

a. Ramanujan was taught by Hardy.

b. Nothing of the modern rigour was known by him.

c. Hardy found sheets of paper in it.

d. That manuscript bored Hardy.

e. The unorthodox talent was supported by Trinity.

f. The ban could not be broken by him.

a. England gave Ramanujan great honours. (Active)

b. A large untidy envelope was decorated with Indian stumps. (Passive)

c. The timetable was not altered. (Passive)

d. She saw her son in a big hail. (Active)

e. Hardy corrected his statement. (Active)

f. Ramanujan was brought to England. (Passive)

1. The hikers set off on the hike with great enthusiasm.

2. The deer loped off easily after being freed from the trap.

3. The doctor was arrested by the police for being a fraud.

4. The teacher told the student that there was no clarity in her answers.

5. The minister refused to come to the party unless he was provided conveyance.

6. The Principal was happy that the new teacher was an amiable person.

7. The doctor advised the woman to come to terms with her illness.

8. The minister refused to come to the party unless he was provided conveyance.