The Legacy of Alladi Ramakrishnan in the Mathematical Sciences
Editors: Alladi, Krishnaswami, Klauder, John R., Rao, Calyampudi R. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Contributions include surveys and research articles from notable mathematicians, statisticians, and physicists, spanning three broad areas of science
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- Historical photos, telegrams,and a biography of Alladi Ramakrishnan are of interest
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In a distinguished scientific life that had spanned over five decades, Alladi Ramakrishnan made significant contributions to probability and statistics, elementary particle physics, cosmic rays and astrophysics, matrix theory, and the special theory of relativity. Inspired by his visit to the Institute of Advanced Study during 1957-1958, and the direct influences of Robert Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr, Sir C.V. Raman, S. Chandrasekhar, and other notable contemporaries, he later founded the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (MATSCIENCE) in Madras, India. In the spirit of Alladi Ramakrishnan’s profound interest and contributions to three fields of science — Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics — this volume contains invited surveys and research articles from prominent members of these communities who also knew Ramakrishnan personally and greatly respected his influence in these areas of science. Historical photos, telegrams, and biographical narratives of Alladi Ramakrishnan’s illustrious career of special interest are included as well.
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Krishnaswami Alladi is the editor in Chief of Springer's Ramanujan Journal, and the Development in Mathematics Book series. He was chair of the mathematics department of the University of Florida. In addition to his contributions of bibliographic material about his father, Krishnaswami Alladi has directed and organized the development of this tribute volume. C.R. Rao is inarguably the most prominent academic in the field of Statistics in current times. John Klauder has served on the Physics Advisory Panel of the NSF and been Editor of the Journal of Mathematical Physics, and as President of the International Association of Mathematical Physics.
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Contributions of Alladi Ramakrishnan to the Mathematical Sciences
Pages 3-9
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Alladi Ramakrishnan’s Theoretical Physics Seminar
Pages 11-24
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Telegrams Received for the MATSCIENCE Inauguration
Pages 25-65
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The Miracle has Happened
Pages 67-71
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Overseas Trips of Alladi Ramakrishnan
Pages 73-80
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Legacy of Alladi Ramakrishnan in the Mathematical Sciences
- Editors
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- Krishnaswami Alladi
- John R. Klauder
- Calyampudi R. Rao
- Copyright
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4419-6263-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4419-6263-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4419-6262-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4899-8255-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 575
- Topics