Article ID: CBB001211027

The Chief Accountant and Mathematical Friend of Ramanujan---S. Narayana Aiyar (2011)

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S. Narayana Aiyar was chief accountant at the Madras Port Trust office, where Ramanujan worked as a clerk in 1912--1914. In this article, a short biography of S. Narayana Aiyar is given, his mathematical contributions are discussed, and his personal and mathematical relationships with Ramanujan are examined and emphasized.

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Ono, Ken
Craik, Alex D. D.
Mechthild Koreuber
Sar, Satyabachi
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