M. S. Narasimhan | |
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 Narasimhan in 2010 | |
| Born | Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan 7 June 1932 |
| Died | 15 May 2021 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| Spouse | Sakuntala Narasimhan |
| Children | 2 (including Shobhana) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, International Center for Theoretical Physics |
| Doctoral advisor | K. S. Chandrasekharan |
| Doctoral students | |
Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan FRS (7 June 1932 – 15 May 2021) was an Indian mathematician. His focus areas included number theory, algebraic geometry, representation theory, and partial differential equations. He was a pioneer in the study of moduli spaces of holomorphic vector bundles on projective varieties. His work is considered the foundation for Kobayashi–Hitchin correspondence that links differential geometry and algebraic geometry of vector bundles over complex manifolds. He was also known for his collaboration with mathematician C. S. Seshadri, for their proof of the Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem which proved the necessary conditions for stable vector bundles on a Riemann surface.
He was a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honor, in 1990, and the Ordre national du Mérite from France in 1989. He was an elected Fellow of the Royal Society, London. He was also the recipient of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1975 and was the only Indian to receive the King Faisal International Prize in the field of science.