K. S. Chandrasekharan
Indian mathematician and professor at ETH Zürich
About K. S. Chandrasekharan
Lived 1920 – 2017 (aged 96). K. S. Chandrasekharan was an Indian mathematician and university teacher, known for Analytic Number Theory, Mathematical Analysis and Mathematics.
Komaravolu Chandrasekharan (21 November 1920 – 13 April 2017) was a professor at ETH Zurich and a founding faculty member of School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). He is known for his work in number theory and summability. He received the Padma Shri, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, and the Ramanujan Medal, and he was an honorary fellow of TIFR. He was president of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) from 1971 to 1974.
Biography Chandrasekharan was born on 21 November 1920 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Chandrasekharan completed his high school from Bapatla village in Guntur from Andhra Pradesh. He completed M.A. in mathematics from the Presidency College, Chennai and a PhD from the Department of Mathematics, University of Madras in 1942, under the supervision of K. Ananda Rau.
He was a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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Indian mathematician and professor at ETH Zürich (1920–2017)
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K. S. Chandrasekharan was born on 21 November 1920 in Machilipatnam.
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K. S. Chandrasekharan died on 13 April 2017 in Zurich.
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K. S. Chandrasekharan was a mathematician and university teacher.
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K. S. Chandrasekharan was known for Analytic Number Theory, Mathematical Analysis and Mathematics.
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K. S. Chandrasekharan was Indian.
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