HARVARD PROFESSOR WEIZHANG RECEIVED RAMANUJAN AWARD

Ramanujan

prof.Wei zhang

   Wei zhang, professor of Harvard university received the SASTRA Ramanujan Award, instituted by the Shanmugha Arts Science Technology and Research Academy (SASTRA) University to encourage path-breaking research in Ramanjan mathematics for 2010. Senior professor Raman Research Institute,Bangalore,presented the award, carrying a prize of $10,000 and a citation.
    Prof Wei zhang said he was delighted to visit Ramanujan's house. According to the citation Prof Weizhang was honoured for far-reaching contributions,by himself and in collaboration with others, to a broad range of areas,including number theory, automorphic forms, Le-functions,trace formules, representation theory and algebraic geometry. The award also recognizes the profound influence he has wielded in the past few yars on number theory and related areas by introducing several deep ideas and techniques.
  Lakshmi Narayanan, senior professor, Raman Research Institute Bangalore said Mathematics, the basis for all sciences,was being relegated to the back ground now. Ramanujan and scientist sir C.V Raman as two icons of India. He said both had many Commonalities they were born on the banks of the cauvery, Ramanujan at Erode and Raman at Thiruvanaikaval. They were not students of any institution,but were driven by a passion for mathematics and science. Raman was a young genius,and Ramanujan was a real prodigy Wizhang said Ramanujan is an inspiration for mathematicians world wide

 Prof.JohnKurakar