Sarvadaman Chowla

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Sarvadaman D. S. Chowla (22 October 1907, London–10 December 1995, Laramie, Wyoming) was a prominent British-Indian-American mathematician, specializing in number theory.

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[edit] Early life

He was born in London, since his father, Gopal Chowla, a professor of mathematics in Lahore, was then studying in Cambridge. His family returned to India, where he received his masters degree in 1928 from the Government College in Lahore. In 1931 he received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge, where he studied under J. E. Littlewood. [1]:594

[edit] Career and awards

Chowla then returned to India, where he taught at several universities, becoming head of mathematics at Government College in 1936.[1]:594 During the difficulties arising from the partition of India in 1947, he left for the United States. [2] There he visited the Institute for Advanced Study for a year or so, then taught at the University of Kansas and at the University of Colorado, before settling at Penn State in 1963, where he remained until his retirement in 1976.[1]:594 He was a member of the Indian National Science Academy and received the Padma Bhushan award.[1]:595

Among his contributions are a number of results which bear his name. These include the Bruck-Chowla-Ryser theorem, the Ankeny-Artin-Chowla congruence, the Chowla-Mordell theorem, and the Chowla-Selberg formula.

[edit] Works

  • Chowla, Sarvadaman; James G. Huard (ed.), Kenneth S. Williams (ed.) [2000]. The Collected Papers of Sarvadaman Chowla. Montréal: Centre de Recherches mathématiques, Université de Montréal. OCLC 43730416. 
  • Chowla, S. (1965). Riemann Hypothesis and Hilbert's Tenth Problem. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780677001401. OCLC 15428640. 

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Ayoub, Raymond G.; James G. Huard and Kenneth S. Williams (May 1998). "Sarvadaman Chowla (1907-1995)" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society 45 (5): 594-598. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. ISSN 00029920. OCLC 1480366. 
  2. ^ O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Sarvadaman Chowla”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive 

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