R. Vaidyanathaswamy
Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy , mostly quoted R. Vaidyanathaswamy, (* 1894 ; † 1960 ) was an Indian mathematician.
Vaidyanathaswamy studied with Edmund Taylor Whittaker at the University of Edinburgh and worked with HF Baker at Cambridge University . After his return to India he was a professor at the University of Madras and after his retirement at the Indian Statistical Institute in Calcutta. In 1924 he was elected a member ( Fellow ) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
At first he worked in algebraic geometry (plane algebraic curves) and number theory (multiplicative arithmetic functions).
According to R. Narasimhan, he was primarily interested in general mathematical structures and less in special mathematical properties and was the first Indian mathematician to deal with mathematical logic, set theory and general topology. He wrote a textbook on the latter area.
He was very influential in India and the driving force behind the Indian Mathematical Society for two decades.
Individual evidence
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 18, 2020 .
- ^ Raghavan Narasimhan The coming of age of mathematics in India , in Michael Atiyah et al. a. Miscellanea Mathematica , Springer Verlag 1991
- ↑ Set Topology, first 1947, 2nd edition 1960, Reprint Chelsea / AMS 1964, Dover 1999
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vaidyanathaswamy, R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vaidyanathaswamy, Ramaswamy S. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1894 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1960 |