The correct answer is A. S. Ramanujan.
The movie “The Man Who Knew Infinity” is based on the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to number theory despite having no formal training in mathematics. Ramanujan was born in 1887 in Erode, India, and grew up in poverty. He showed an early aptitude for mathematics, but his family could not afford to send him to school. Instead, he taught himself mathematics from books and from conversations with other mathematicians.
In 1913, Ramanujan wrote a letter to the English mathematician G. H. Hardy, in which he shared some of his mathematical discoveries. Hardy was impressed by Ramanujan’s work and invited him to come to England to study at Cambridge University. Ramanujan faced many challenges in England, including the cold weather and the unfamiliar culture. However, he persevered and made significant contributions to number theory. He published several papers with Hardy, and his work is still studied by mathematicians today.
Ramanujan died in 1920 at the age of 32. He is remembered as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
The other options are incorrect.
- B. S. Chandrasekhar was an Indian astrophysicist who made significant contributions to the study of stellar evolution. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983.
- C. S. N. Bose was an Indian physicist who made important contributions to the development of quantum mechanics. He is best known for his work on Bose-Einstein statistics, which describes the behavior of particles at very low temperatures.
- D. C. V. Raman was an Indian physicist who made important contributions to the study of light scattering. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930.