Sarvadaman chowla biography sample
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Ram Prakash Bambah belongs to the era of Indian mathematics coming almost literally after the passing away of Srinivasa Ramanujan. From Lahore to Delhi and then Cambridge and Princeton, Bambah travelled and learnt, before finally dropping anchor at the Panjab University in Chandigarh. In this interview with Bh&#x;van&#x;, he recounts his story.
Dear Professor R.P. Bambah, thank you so much for this opportunity. It&#;s a great pleasure, and an honour for us to be talking to you.
RPB:Thank you. It is indeed my pleasure too.
How often does one get to meet somebody who, at a sprightly 94, has been at the forefront of research, teaching and administration, and also has built up a top university mathematics department like the one at Panjab University, in addition to holding the high office of such a university as its Vice-Chancellor?
RPB: The credit for nourishing the mathematics department goes to Professor Hansraj Gupta too. He and I started the department. He was alrea
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Sarvadaman Chowla's father, Gopal Chowla, was professor of mathematics at Lahore. Gopal Chowla visited England with his wife Shankuntala so that he could study at Cambridge University. It was during the visit to England that Sarvadaman Chowla was born. The family returned to India shortly after his birth and he was brought up there.At the age of 21 Chowla was awarded his master's degree from Government College in Lahore. He then decided to go to England to study for his doctorate and he undertook research at the University of Cambridge under J E Littlewood's supervision, being awarded his doctorate in After returning to India, Chowla was appointed professor of mathematics at St Stephen's College in Delhi, then at Benares Hindu University in Benares, then at A
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Biography of George E. Andrews
In high school, mathematician George E. Andrews was told by a guidance counselor that it was impossible to find a truly interesting career, so he should find something dull but practical to study. It turned out to be great advice for Andrews to ignore. “I chose to do what I loved,” he says. And the mathematical puzzles he grew to love possessed surprising links to ideas throughout 20th-century science and mathematics. Andrews has followed his mathematical inspirations through a career that has taken him from the splendor of a footnoted formula to the unearthing of a mathematical treasure in a university library in Cambridge, England. Along the way, he has solved longstanding mathematical problems and made significant contributions to the fields of number theory, combinatorics, and theoretical physics.
An Evan Pugh Professor of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA), Andrews was elected to the National Academy of Science