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RESEARCH SCHOOLS ON NUMBER THEORY IN INDIA - PU...

This book is an attempt to describe the gradual development of the major schools of research on
number theory in South India  Punjab  Mumbai  Bengal  and Bihar-including the establishment of
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)  Mumbai  a landmark event in the history of
research of number theory in India. Research on number theory in India during modern times
started with the advent of the iconic genius Srinivasa Ramanujan  inspiring mathematicians
around the world. This book discusses the national and international impact of the research
made by Indian number theorists. It also includes a carefully compiled  comprehensive
bibliography of major 20th century Indian number theorists making this book important from the
standpoint of historic documentation and a valuable resource for researchers of the field for
their literature survey. This book also briefly discusses the importance of number theory in
the modern world of mathematics  including applications of the results developed by indigenous
number theorists in practical fields. Since the book is written from the viewpoint of the
history of science  technical jargon and mathematical expressions have been avoided as much as
possible.

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