Hansraj Gupta

Hansraj Gupta

Hansraj Gupta (October 9 1902 – November 23 1988) was an Indian mathematician specialising in number theory, in particular the study of the partition function.

Biography

Gupta was born October 9 1902 in Rawalpindi, then part of British India. He studied at the Panjab University in Lahore, where he graduated with a M.A. in 1925. In 1928 he became a lecturer at the Government College in Hoshiarpur. He received his Ph.D. from the Panjab University in 1936. By then he had already published several papers on partitions.

Gupta was elected a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in 1950. He became head of the Panjab University's new department of mathematics in 1954. He served as President of the Indian Mathematical Society (IMS) for the term 1963–4. [cite web | title = List of Office-Bearers | url = http://www.geocities.com/indianmathsociety/officebearers.htm | publisher = Indian Mathematical Society | accessdate = 2008-01-24 ] He retired as director of the Centre of Advanced Study in Mathematics in 1966, by which time he was already travelling North America as a visiting professor: at the University of Colorado at Boulder (1962), the University of Arizona (1966), and the University of Alberta (1969). He represented the INSA at the 1974 International Congress of Mathematicians in Vancouver. He continued actively researching and publishing mathematics for many years after retirement.

Gupta died November 23 1988. Since 1990 the annual IMS conference has included a lecture in his honour, the Hansraj Gupta Memorial Award Lecture. [cite web | title = IMS Memorial Award Lectures | url = http://www.geocities.com/indianmathsociety/memorialawardlectures.htm | publisher = Indian Mathematical Society | accessdate = 2008-01-24 ]

elected publications

* cite book
last = Gupta
first = Hansraj
title = Tables of partitions
year = 1958
series = Royal Society mathematical tables
publisher = Cambridge University Press
oclc = 352054

* cite book
last = Gupta
first = Hansraj
title = Representations of primes by quadratic forms
year = 1960
series = Royal Society mathematical tables
publisher = Cambridge University Press
oclc = 20470993

* cite journal
last = Gupta
first = Hansraj
coauthors = Singh, K.
year = 1985
month = December
title = On k-triad sequences
journal = International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
volume = 8
issue = 4
publisher = Hindawi Publishing Corporation
location = Cairo
doi = 10.1155/S0161171285000886
url = http://www.hindawi.com/GetArticle.aspx?doi=10.1155/S0161171285000886
format = PDF
accessdate = 2008-01-25
pages = 799

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/indianmathsociety/hansrajgupta.htm IMS biography]

Persondata
NAME = Gupta, Hansraj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH = October 9 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH = Rawalpindi
DATE OF DEATH = November 23 1988
PLACE OF DEATH =


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