George Shoobridge Carr (1837–1914) was a British mathematician. He wrote '' Synopsis of Pure Mathematics'' (1886). This book, first published in England in 1880, was read and studied closely by mathematician

Srinivasa Ramanujan Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar (22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Often regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time, though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial con ...

when he was a teenager. Ramanujan had already produced many theorems by the age of 15. Carr was a private coach for the Tripos mathematics examinations at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

, and the ''Synopsis'' was written as a study guide for those examinations.

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*Amitabha Sen
''The Legacy of Mr. Carr, A Gift for the Gifted'', parabaas.com, 1999
* 1837 births 19th-century British mathematicians 1914 deaths 20th-century British mathematicians {{UK-mathematician-stub