Here's a small Mathematical tribute to someone who loved Numbers and patterns and weaved magic and also why Year 2023 was special in that context
1. 1887 was his birth year and a multiple of three prime numbers 17, 37, 3
2. Coincidentally Year 2023 happens to be a multiple of 17 as well- 17, 17, 7 (all prime again)
3. 17 is the common thread across 1887 and 2023 and it is also the first 2 digits of Ramanujan's famous magic number 1729!
And for the grand finale!
Here's what makes both 2023 and Ramanujan's 136th birth anniversary year extra special. Look at the pattern below for 2023..
a) 2+0+2+3 = 7 is a prime
b) 2 ^ 2 + 0 + 2 ^ 2 + 3 ^ 2 = 17. Prime again!
c) 2 ^ 3 + 0 + 2 ^ 3 + 3 ^ 3 = 43. One more prime!
d) 2^4 + 0 + 2 ^4 + 3 ^4 yields 113 which is again a prime!!!
e) 2 ^ 5 + 0 + 2 ^ 5 + 3 ^ 5 = 307. Prime galore!
f) 2 ^ 6 + 0 + 2 ^ 6 + 3 ^ 6 = 857. Yes you guessed it right. Prime again
g) 2 ^ 7 + 0 + 2 ^ 7 + 3 ^ 7 = 2443. Finally..We get a number which is a product of two primes! The streak is broken but not before displaying an amazing pattern
This is why numbers are so special and on that note, this is me signing off for 2023 with this humble tribute to the Man who achieved a lot in the field of Mathematics in a short span of time and continues to make a profound impact even today
#SrinivasaRamanujan #MathematicalGenius
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