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The Mathematics Genealogy Project (MGP) is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As of 1 December 2023, [update] it contained information on 300,152 mathematical scientists who contributed to research-level mathematics.
Indian mathematicians have made a number of contributions to mathematics that have significantly influenced scientists and mathematicians in the modern era. One of such works is Hindu numeral system which is predominantly used today and is likely to be used in the future.
Vashishtha Narayan Singh (2 April 1942 – 14 November 2019) was an Indian mathematician and academic. He taught mathematics at various institutes in India between the 1960s and the 1970s.
He was awarded the Onsager Medal in 1998 for his work. He was recognized along with 23 Indian and Indian American members "who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics" by the Fellows of the American Mathematical Society program on 1 November 2012.
Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita (Sanskrit: नारायण पण्डित) (1340–1400 [1]) was an Indian mathematician. Plofker writes that his texts were the most significant Sanskrit mathematics treatises after those of Bhaskara II, other than the Kerala school.
Indian mathematics emerged in the Indian subcontinent [1] from 1200 BCE [2] until the end of the 18th century. In the classical period of Indian mathematics (400 CE to 1200 CE), important contributions were made by scholars like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Bhaskara II, Varāhamihira, and Madhava.
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (22 July 1930 – 2 November 2012) [1] [2] was an Indian American mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry.At the time of his death, he held the Marshall Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Chair at Purdue University, and was also a professor of computer science and industrial engineering.
He was born in London, since his father, Gopal Chowla, a professor of mathematics in Lahore, was then studying in Cambridge. [1] [2] His family returned to India, where he received his master's degree in 1928 from the Government College in Lahore.