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The Sastra Ramanujan Prize: Its Origins and Its Winners

In: Ramanujan's Place in the World of Mathematics

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  • Krishnaswami Alladi

    (University of Florida, Department of Mathematics)

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The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize is a $10,000 annual award given to mathematicians not exceeding the age of 32 for path-breaking contributions in areas influenced by the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. The prize has been unusually effective in recognising extremely gifted mathematicians at an early stage in their careers who have gone on to accomplish even greater things in mathematics and be awarded prizes with a hallowed tradition such as the Fields Medal. This is due to the enthusiastic support from leading mathematicians around the world and the calibre of the winners. The age limit of 32 is because Ramanujan lived only for 32 years, and in that brief life span made revolutionary contributions; so the challenge for the prize candidates is to show what they have achieved in that same time frame! The way the prize was conceived and launched is an incredible story which I will relate here. I will then briefly describe some major aspects of the work of the winners for which they were awarded the prize, and what they have accomplished after winning the prize. I will also provide a few of their biographical highlights.

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  • Krishnaswami Alladi, 2021. "The Sastra Ramanujan Prize: Its Origins and Its Winners," Springer Books, in: Ramanujan's Place in the World of Mathematics, edition 2, chapter 0, pages 201-224, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-15-6241-9_30
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6241-9_30
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