Radha Charan Gupta

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Radha Charan Gupta
T.A. Sarasvati Amma

Radha Charan Gupta (born 1935 in Gursarai, Jhansi, in present-day Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian historian of mathematics.

Early life of Radha Charan Gupta

Gupta graduated from the

T.A. Sarasvati Amma. Then he served as a lecturer at Lucknow Christian College (from 1957 to 1958). In 1958 he joined Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra. In 1982 he was awarded a full professorship. He retired in 1995 as the Emeritus Professor of the history of mathematics and logic.[1] He became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in February 1995.[2]

Works

In 1969 Gupta addressed

circumradius of a cyclic quadrilateral".[4]

In 2019, a collection of Gupta's papers was published as a book:

Notable awards

In 1991 he was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, and in 1994 he became President of the Association of Mathematics Teachers of India.[1] In 1979 he founded the magazine Ganita Bharati.[5]

In 2009 he was awarded the Kenneth O. May Prize alongside the British mathematician Ivor Grattan-Guinness.[6][7][8] He is notably the first Indian to get this prize.[9]

In 2023, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contributions in the field of literature and education.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c Awarding of the K.O. May Prize from International Mathematical Union
  2. ^ "Radha-Charan Gupta". International Academy of the History of Science.
  3. ^ R.C Gupta (1969) "Second Order of Interpolation of Indian Mathematics", Indian Journal of History of Science 4: 92-94
  4. doi:10.1016/0315-0860(77)90038-6
  5. ISBN 9789814324359
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  6. ^ IANS (8 July 2010). "Indian professor wins prestigious mathematics prize". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Radha Gupta Will Receive Kenneth O. May Prize at ICM 2010". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Indian professor chosen for prestigious mathematics prize". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  9. ^ "First Indian to get Prize in ICM2010" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Padma Awards 2023 announced". Press Information Buereau. Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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