K. G. Ramanathan

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K. G. Ramanathan
TIFR
Doctoral advisorEmil Artin
Doctoral studentsC. P. Ramanujam
Kanakanahalli Ramachandra

Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan (13 November 1920 – 10 May 1992) was an Indian mathematician known for his work in number theory. His contributions are also to the general development of mathematical research,[1] and teaching in India.

K. G. Ramanathan's early life and his family

K. G. Ramanathan was born in

Hyderabad, South India, on 13 November 1920[2] to Sri Kollagunta Gopal Iyer and Smt. Anantalakshmi, and was one of three children in the family.[3]

Ramanathan received his early education from Wesleyan Mission High School in Secunderabad. He further pursued his academic interests in mathematics and obtained a BA degree from Nizam College, Hyderabad, in 1940. Later, in 1942, he completed his Master's degree in mathematics from Loyola College in Chennai (then known as Madras). Sources state that Ramanathan's academic journey was also influenced by mathematics teacher and Jesuit priest, Rev Fr. C Racine, who was a former student of the renowned French mathematician E Cartan.[3]

With a keen passion for teaching and research in mathematics, Ramanathan worked as an assistant lecturer at

Carl Siegel,[4] and is said to have sung Carnatic songs of Tyagaraja to the legendary physicist Albert Einstein, who was Ramanathan's neighbour at the University. Until 1951, along with Emil Artin, Siegel supervised Ramanathan in his PhD studies in mathematics.[3]

Following the successful completion of his PhD, Ramanathan returned to India to team up with K. S. Chandrasekharan at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) at Colaba in 1951.[5]

Ramanathan was married to Jayalakshmi Ramanathan. He had two sons. His mother died at an early age.

Career

At TIFR, he built up the number theory group of young mathematicians from India. For several years, he took interest to study

Ramanujan's unpublished and published work. He was an Editorial board member of Acta Arithmetica
for over 30 years. He retired from TIFR in 1985.

Awards

Ramanathan was given numerous achievements during his more than 30 years service at TIFR.

Selected publications

  • On
    Ramanujan
    ’s continued fraction, KG Ramanathan - Acta Arith, 1984
  • Some applications of
    Kronecker’s limit formula
    , KG Ramanathan - J. Indian Math. Soc, 1987

References

  1. ISBN 9781458759610
    .
  2. ^ Indian National Science Academy (1994). Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy N-Z. The Academy. p. 678.
  3. ^
    S2CID 120777703
    .
  4. ^ Narasimhan, M. S. (February 2010). "Reminiscences". Resonance: Journal of Science Education. 15 (2): 101.
  5. ISBN 9789814324359
    .
  6. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.

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