Question

Which of the following Indian scientists published papers that helped other scientists to simplify the complex mathematical problems?
(A) Meghnad Saha
(B) Vikram Sarabhai
(C) Srinivasa Ramanujan
(D) Salim Ali

Answer 1

Hint
All the mentioned Indian scientists have contributed greatly to the field of science and other fields through their respective notable work. However, it was Srinivasa Ramanujan whose work and published papers in the field of mathematics helped other scientists to simplify complex mathematical problems.

Complete step by step answer
Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician. His notable and novel contributions in the field of mathematics are number theory, complex analysis, infinite series, the discovery of properties of the partition function. His work in continued fractions is at par and was not matched to that level by any other mathematician. Srinivasa Ramanujan had no formal training in mathematics in his early days and started studying on his own. However, his remarkable work in the field of mathematics went on to become the first Indian that was elected as a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1918.

Therefore, (C) Srinivasa Ramanujan is the correct answer.

Note
It is to be noted that although Srinivas Ramanujan was named as a mathematical prodigy, he was unable to focus on other subjects of his curriculum and ended up getting failed in most of them.