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This book is an attempt to describe the gradual development of the
major schools of research on number theory in South India, Punjab,
Mumbai, Bengal, and Bihar-including the establishment of Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, a landmark event
in the history of research of number theory in India. Research on
number theory in India during modern times started with the advent
of the iconic genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, inspiring mathematicians
around the world. This book discusses the national and
international impact of the research made by Indian number
theorists. It also includes a carefully compiled, comprehensive
bibliography of major 20th century Indian number theorists making
this book important from the standpoint of historic documentation
and a valuable resource for researchers of the field for their
literature survey. This book also briefly discusses the importance
of number theory in the modern world of mathematics, including
applications of the results developed by indigenous number
theorists in practical fields. Since the book is written from the
viewpoint of the history of science, technical jargon and
mathematical expressions have been avoided as much as possible.
This book provides a comprehensive portrayal of the history of
Indian mathematicians and statisticians and uncovers many missing
parts of the scientific representation of mathematical and
statistical research during the 19th and 20th centuries of Bengal
(now West Bengal), India. This book gives a brief historical
account about the establishment of the first-two departments in an
Indian university, where graduate teaching and research were
initiated. This was a unique distinction for the University of
Calcutta which was established in 1857. The creation of the world
famous Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Calcutta (now Kolkata)
is also briefly described. The lives and works of the 16 pioneer
mathematical scientists who adorned the above mentioned
institutions and the first Indian Institute Technology (IIT) of
India have been elaborated in lucid language. Some outstanding
scholars who were trained at the ISI but left India permanently
have also been discussed briefly in a separate chapter. This book
fulfils a long-standing gap in the history of modern Indian
mathematics, which will make the book very useful to researchers in
the history of science and mathematics. Written in very lucid
English with little mathematical or statistical jargon makes the
book immensely readable even to general readers with interest in
scientific history even from non-mathematical, non-statistical
background. This book is a clear portrayal of the struggle and
success of researchers in mathematical sciences in Bengal (an
important part of the colonial India), unveils before the
international community of mathematical scientists. The real
connoisseurs will appreciate the value of the book, as it will
clear up many prevailing misconceptions.
This book is an attempt to describe the gradual development of the
major schools of research on number theory in South India, Punjab,
Mumbai, Bengal, and Bihar-including the establishment of Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, a landmark event
in the history of research of number theory in India. Research on
number theory in India during modern times started with the advent
of the iconic genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, inspiring mathematicians
around the world. This book discusses the national and
international impact of the research made by Indian number
theorists. It also includes a carefully compiled, comprehensive
bibliography of major 20th century Indian number theorists making
this book important from the standpoint of historic documentation
and a valuable resource for researchers of the field for their
literature survey. This book also briefly discusses the importance
of number theory in the modern world of mathematics, including
applications of the results developed by indigenous number
theorists in practical fields. Since the book is written from the
viewpoint of the history of science, technical jargon and
mathematical expressions have been avoided as much as possible.
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