Biography:P. Kanagasabapathy
Professor P. Kanagasabapathy | |
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| Born | 1923 |
| Died | January 1977 |
| Alma mater | Jaffna Hindu College University of Ceylon University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Title | Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Sri Lanka (Jaffna campus) |
| Term | October 1974 – January 1977 |
| Successor | K. Kunaratnam |
Perampalam Kanagasabapathy (1923–1977) was a Ceylon Tamil mathematician, academic and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.
Early life and family
Kanagasabapathy was born in 1923.[1] He was the son of Iyampillai Perampalam from Erlalai in northern Ceylon.[1] He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College.[1] After school he joined the University of Ceylon.[1] He then went to the University of Cambridge, graduating with a master's degree in mathematics.[1]
Kanagasabapathy married Meenambikai in 1949.[1] They had three children (Pathmini, Mythili and Nanada Kumaran).[1]
Career
Kanagasabapathy worked at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya from 1950 to 1974 as a lecturer, senior lecturer and professor of mathematics.[1] He joined the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka in October 1974 as a professor of mathematics.[1] He was head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna campus from October 1974 to January 1977.[2][3] He died in January 1977.[1] He published number of papers in Mathematical Journals.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 72. http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon.
- ↑ "Brief History of the Faculty". Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20130114220331/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/aboutUs.html.
- ↑ "Dean's Office". Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20140111204441/http://www.jfn.ac.lk/sci/deansOffice.html.
- ↑ Ponnudurai, Tharmambikai; Kanagasabapathy, P. (1 January 1975). "THE SIMULTANEOUS DIOPHANTINE EQUATIONS y2−3x2=−2 and z2−8x2=−7". The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics 26 (1): 275–278. doi:10.1093/qmath/26.1.275.
- ↑ Kanagasabapathy, P. (1958). "2816. A new proof of the compositeness of F5". The Mathematical Gazette 42 (342): 309–310. doi:10.2307/3610473. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mathematical-gazette/article/div-classtitle2816-a-new-proof-of-the-compositeness-of-fspan-classsub5spandiv/6C273B9F1AEE8C7FB62430D5E3187F69.
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