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1. SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN
And his
Magic Square

2. Basic Information about
Ramanujan
•Born: 22 December 1887 in Erode, British India
• Died : 26 April 1920 in Chetput,British India
because of hepatic amoebiasis(a parasitic infection
of the liver)
• His mother was a housewife and his father worked
as a clerk in a sari shop
•He could not spent a stable childhood because of
his poor family and their life standarts
•About his talent,G.H. Hardy, who was known a big
mathematician and one of Ramanujan’s academic
advisors with J.E. Littlewood, said only a few giant
mathematicians like Euler,Gauss,Newton had the
same talent which Ramanujan had.

3. His Early Life • By age 12,he mastered
an advanced
trigonometry book
written by S.L. Loney by
himself
•After his graduation
from high school,he
could not get a degree
from both colleges he
entered at different
times(Government
College,Pachaiyappa’s
College) due to his
unwillingness about
subjects except
mathematics and he
could not enter any
university
•He has become

4. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
This square looks like any
other normal magic
square. But this is formed
by great mathematician of
our country – Srinivasa
Ramanujan.
What is so great in it?

5. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Sum of numbers of any
row is 139.
What is so great in it.?

6. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Sum of numbers of any
column is also 139.
Oh, this will be there in any
magic square.
What is so great in it..?

7. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Sum of numbers of any
diagonal is also 139.
Oh, this also will be there
in any magic square.
What is so great in it…?

8. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Sum of corner numbers
is also 139.
Interesting?

9. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Look at these
possibilities. Sum of
identical coloured boxes
is also 139.
Interesting..?

10. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Look at these
possibilities. Sum of
identical coloured boxes
is also 139.
Interesting..?

11. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Look at these central
squares.
Interesting…?

12. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Can you try these
combinations?
Interesting…..?

13. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Try these combinations
also?
Interesting.…..?

14. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
NOW
LETS
FACE
THE
CLIMAX

15. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
Do you know date of
birth of Srinivasa
Ramanujan?

16. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
It is 22nd
Dec 1887.

17. RAMANUJAN’S MAGIC SQUARE
22 12 18 87
88 17 9 25
10 24 89 16
19 86 23 11
It is 22nd
Dec 1887.
Yes. It is 22.12.1887

18. THANK YOU