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Mathematical luminaries of pre-independent India

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Title Mathematical luminaries of pre-independent India
 
Creator MISHRA, KUMAR GANDHARV
 
Subject Mathematics
Mathematical luminaries
Mathematicians
Pre-independent India
 
Description 63-78
Among all the sciences, Mathematics seems to be the least
talked, as the breakthroughs and discoveries in the world of
mathematics are implicit and complex to communicate as
compared to other sciences. Nevertheless, Mathematics (in an
implicit way) plays the foundational role for development of other
branch of sciences. As Indian scientists emerged on the global
map during the last phase of colonial India, it becomes imperative
to look at the development of mathematics during that period.
Infact, in the 1920s Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Nobel
Laureate, Physics) got inspired by the mathematician Srinivasa
Ramanujan. Such was the impact of Ramanujan, who proved to be
a source of immense morale among the demotivated science
aspirants in the colonial era. Apart from Ramanujan, there were
other mathematical luminaries in different roles (Mathematicians,
Administrators and Historians) who worked for the propagation of
mathematics and development of mathematical sciences in preindependent
India. For example: mathematicians like Ganesh
Prasad, K Anand Rau and T Vijayaraghavan made significant
contributions in the field of pure mathematics; D R Kaprekar
highlighted the field of recreational mathematics, and
administrators and visionaries like Asutosh Mukherjee and
V Ramaswamy Aiyar worked for the development of
mathematical culture through institutions and societies. Credit
also goes to historians of mathematics like Prabodh Chandra
Sengupta, Bibhutibhushan Datta and Sudhakar Dvivedi who kept
the ancient mathematics culture alive through their writings and
inspired budding mathematicians to be aware of historical Indian
contributions even in the colonial era. The paper is an attempt to
highlight such luminaries in different roles. The paper talks about
their contributions and their impact during the pre-independence
period (especially around the beginning of the 20th century).
 
Date 2024-09-06T05:11:07Z
2024-09-06T05:11:07Z
2024-09
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 2278-2796 (Online); 2278-2788 (Print)
http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/64467
https://doi.org/10.56042/jst.v12i2.9677
 
Language en
 
Publisher NIScPR-CSIR,India
 
Source JST Vol.12(02) [2024]