Posts Tagged ‘number theory’

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Riemann’s Hypothesis

  [Editor: This is the second post in a series about the Millenium Problems. This post is about the Riemann Hypothesis, probably the single most fascinating unsolved problem in all of mathematics. This hypothesis was first proposed by the mathematician Bernhard Riemann. Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (September 17, 1826 – July 20, 1866) was an [...]

Published by on February 25th, 2012 at 07:02 pm
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Winter School and Conference on Algebra and Number Theory

  The department of Mathematical Sciences, Tezpur University organized a Winter School and Conference on Algebra and Number Theory during December 23-29, 2011 which was mainly sponsored by the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India funded the travel of [...]

Published by on January 20th, 2012 at 01:01 am
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Kannan Soundararajan wins the Infosys Prize 2011

Kannan Soundararajan, a professor of mathematics at the Stanford University has won this year's prestigious Infosys Prize in Mathematical Sciences. His prize citation reads Prof. Kannan Soundararajan has made fundamental contributions to analytic number theory. These include numerous brilliant breakthroughs in well known and difficult problems, as well as the resolution of some that have [...]

Published by on November 18th, 2011 at 05:11 pm
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Number Theory and Algebra Workshop at Tezpur University

Tezpur University, Assam is organising a workshop cum winter school on Number Theory and Algebra in December 2011. The expected speakers at the workshop are as follows: Prof. R. Balasubramanian (IMSc Chennai) Prof. R. Sujatha (UBC, Canada) Dr. U. K. Anandavardhanan (IIT Bombay) Prof. Kapil H. Paranjape (IISER Mohali) Prof. Eknath Ghate (TIFR Mumbai) Prof. [...]

Published by on October 27th, 2011 at 03:10 pm
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An Interview with Prof. Bruce C. Berndt

Bruce C. Berndt is an American mathematician working on analytic number theory. Prof. Berndt is at present, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His main research interest lies in the works of Ramanujan and he has taken the task of editing and collecting all the results of Ramanujan under one roof in [...]

Published by on June 14th, 2011 at 01:06 pm
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Workshop on Algebra and Number Theory

  The department of Mathematical Sciences, Tezpur University organized a workshop on Algebra and Number Theory during December 22-26, 2010. The workshop was mainly sponsored by the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India. Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India also funded the travel of a [...]

Published by on April 21st, 2011 at 08:04 pm