- M. Ram Murty
Maruti Ram Pedaprolu Murty, FRSC (b. 1953 in
Guntur ,India ) is anIndo-Canadian mathematician , currently head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics atQueen's University , where he holds theCanada Research Chair in mathematics. Specialising innumber theory , Murty is a leading researcher in the areas ofmodular form s,elliptic curve s, andsieve theory . He also teachesIndian philosophy at Queen's.Ram Murty graduated with a
B.Sc. fromCarleton University in 1976. He received hisPh.D. in 1980 from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology . [MathGenealogy|id=30592] He was on the faculty ofMcGill University from 1982 until 1996, when he joined Queen's.Murty has
Erdős number 1, and has collaborated with dozens of other researchers, including frequent joint work with his brother,V. Kumar Murty .elected publications
* citation
last1= Cojocaru
first1 = Alina Carmen
last2= Murty
first2= M. Ram
title= An introduction to sieve methods and their applications
publisher=Cambridge University Press
year= 2006
isbn= 0521848164
id= MR|2200366
series= London Mathematical Society Student Texts
volume= 66 .* citation
last1= Murty
first1= M. Ram
last2= Murty
first2= V. Kumar
title= Mean values of derivatives of modular "L"-series
journal=Annals of Mathematics (2)
volume= 133
number= 3
year= 1991
month=
pages= 447-475
url= http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-486X%28199105%292%3A133%3A3%3C447%3AMVODOM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P
doi= 10.2307/2944316
id= MR|1109350 .References
External links
* [http://www.mast.queensu.ca/~murty/ Murty's home page at Queen's]
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NAME = Murty, Maruti Ram Pedaprolu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH = 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH =Guntur ,India
DATE OF DEATH =
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