Kanta Gupta
Chander Kanta Gupta (born October 8, 1938 - March 27, 2016 ) was a Canadian mathematician and university professor. She was a professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba , Canada and best known for her research on abstract algebra and group theory .
life and work
Gupta earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Kashmir in Srinagar , a master's degree from the Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh and received his doctorate in 1967 with Michael Frederick Newman at the Australian National University in Canberra with the dissertation: Center Extended by Metabelian Groups. She was a professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg , Canada and carried out research on various stays abroad in mathematics institutions in Brazil, Rome, Naples and Athens, among others. Her husband Narain Gupta (1936-2008) was also a graduate of the Australian National University and professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba.
Publications (selection)
- A bound for the class of certain nilpotent groups, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, Volume 5, 1965, pp. 506-511
- The free center-by-metabelian groups, Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, Volume 16, 1973, pp. 294-299
Awards (selection)
- 1991: Elected to the Royal Society of Canada
- 2000: Warrior Nelson Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society
- 2003: Acknowledged as one of the world leaders in the study of automorphisms in varieties of groups and algebras
- 2015: Appointment as honorary professor at the Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, China
Web links
- women in mathematics
- The 6th Krieger-Nelson Prize Lecture
- dissertation
- Researchgate profile
- Memories
- Honorary Professor of Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gupta, Kanta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gupta, Chander Kanta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian mathematician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1938 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 2016 |