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Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan

Indian-American mathematician (1940-) · India · Academics

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Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan, is an Indian American mathematician and statistician. He is known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations.

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2023Padma Vibhushan in science & engineeringAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2010National Medal of ScienceAward2009Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsAwardGreat Immigrants AwardAward2007Abel PrizeAward2003Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie UniversityAward1996Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to ResearchAward1994George David Birkhoff PrizeAward1991Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsAward1940Born2 January 1940

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Awards

Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering2023
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013
National Medal of Science2010
Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics2009
Great Immigrants Award2009
Abel Prize2007
Doctor Honoris Causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University2003
Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research1996
George David Birkhoff Prize1994
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics1991
Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the Royal Society
Padma Bhushan
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan, is an Indian American mathematician and statistician. He is known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations. He is regarded as one of the fundamental contributors to the theory of diffusion processes with an orientation towards the refinement and further development of Itô’s stochastic calculus. In the year 2007, he won the Abel Prize.

Country
India
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1940 · age 86

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