Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar | |
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Shreeram Abhyankar (right) with Alexander Grothendieck (left), Michael Artin in the background, at Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1970. | |
| Born | 22 July 1930 |
| Died | 2 November 2012 (aged 82) West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Mumbai Harvard University |
| Known for | Abhyankar's conjecture, Abhyankar's lemma, Abhyankar–Moh theorem |
| Awards | Chauvenet Prize (1978) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Purdue University |
| Doctoral advisor | Oscar Zariski |
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (22 July 1930 – 2 November 2012) was an Indian American mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry. At the time of his death, he held the Marshall Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Chair at Purdue University, and was also a professor of computer science and industrial engineering. He is known for Abhyankar's conjecture of finite group theory.
His latest research was in the area of computational and algorithmic algebraic geometry.