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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Authors & Contributors
Ono, Ken
Stenhouse, Brigitte
Mechthild Koreuber
Charlotte Victorine Pollet
Sar, Satyabachi
Féry, Suzanne
Concepts
Mathematics
Mathematicians
Biographies
Sequences and series (mathematics)
Number theory; number concept
Women in science
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
Yuan Dynasty (China, ca. 1260-1368)
Song Dynasty (China, 960-1279)
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