Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai

Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai
Born5 April 1901
Vallam, British India
(now in Tamil Nadu, India)[1]
Died31 August 1950 (1950-09-01) (aged 49)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityIndian
Alma materScott Christian College, Nagercoil
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai (5 April 1901 – 31 August 1950) was an Indian mathematician specialising in number theory. His contribution to Waring's problem was described in 1950 by K. S. Chandrasekharan as "almost certainly his best piece of work and one of the very best achievements in Indian Mathematics since Ramanujan".[1]

  1. ^ a b "An outstanding mathematician". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 14 July 2013.