Mahan Mj
Mahan Maharaj | |
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Mahan Mitra | |
| Born | 5 April 1968 |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| Thesis | Maps on boundaries of hyperbolic metric spaces (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrew Casson |
Mahan Maharaj (born Mahan Mitra (Bengali: মহান মিত্র), 5 April 1968), also known as Mahan Mj and Swami Vidyanathananda, is an Indian mathematician and monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. He is a recipient of the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in mathematical sciences and the Infosys Prize 2015 for Mathematical Sciences. He is best known for his work in hyperbolic geometry, geometric group theory, low-dimensional topology and complex geometry.