Ramachandran Balasubramanian
Ramachandran Balasubramanian (born 15 March 1951) is an Indian mathematician and is the Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai, India.[1] He is known for his work in number theory, which includes settling the final g(4) case of Waring's problem in 1986.[2][3]
His works on moments of Riemann zeta function is highly appreciated and he was a plenary speaker from India at ICM in 2010. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1980-81.[4]
Awards and honours
He has received the following awards:
- The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 1990.
- The French government's Ordre National du Mérite for "furthering Indo-French cooperation in the field of mathematics" in 2003.[5]
- The Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2006.[6]
- Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2012.[7]
- The Lifetime Achievement Award, 2013 awarded by Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India.[8]
- Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (1988)[9]
References
- ↑ http://www.imsc.res.in/about/newpage.html
- ↑ Balasubramanian, Ramachandran; Deshouillers, Jean-Marc; Dress, François, Problème de Waring pour les bicarrés. I. Schéma de la solution. (French. English summary) [Waring's problem for biquadrates. I. Sketch of the solution] C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. I Math. 303 (1986), no. 4, pp. 85-88
- ↑ Balasubramanian, Ramachandran; Deshouillers, Jean-Marc; Dress, François, Problème de Waring pour les bicarrés. II. Résultats auxiliaires pour le théorème asymptotique. (French. English summary) [Waring's problem for biquadrates. II. Auxiliary results for the asymptotic theorem] C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. I Math. 303 (1986), no. 5, pp. 161-163
- ↑ "Community of Scholars Profile: Balasubramanian, R.". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ↑ "French honour mathematician Balasubramanian". The Times Of India. 5 February 2003.
- ↑ "India at a Glance". india.gov.in. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-11-03.
- ↑ "PM honours 4 N-scientists with lifetime achievement awards". rediff.com. 15 January 2013. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ↑ "Indian Fellow". INSA. 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
External links
- Ramachandran Balasubramanian at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- R. Balasubramian's homepage
- His CV
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