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Sundararaman Ramanan | |
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| Born | Sundararaman Ramanan 20 July 1937 Tiruvannamalai |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai; Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai |
| Awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal, TWAS Prize for Mathematics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Algebraic geometry, moduli spaces, Lie groups |
| Institutions | Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai |
| Doctoral advisor | MS Narasimhan |
Sundararaman Ramanan (born 20 July 1937) is an Indian mathematician who works in the area of algebraic geometry, moduli spaces and Lie groups. He is one of India's leading mathematicians and recognised as an expert in algebraic geometry, especially in the area of moduli problems. He has also worked in differential geometry: his joint paper with MS Narasimhan on universal connections has been influential. It enabled SS Chern and B Simons to introduce what is known as the Chern-Simons invariant, which has proved useful in theoretical physics.[1]
- ^ A conference in honour of S Ramanan Archived 26 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine