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 |
Professor Perampalam Kanagasabapathy 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
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 72.
- ^ "Brief History of the Faculty". Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14.
- ^ "Dean's Office". Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 2014-01-11.
- ^ 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. JSTOR 3610473 – via Cambridge Core.
- 1923 births
- 1977 deaths
- Academics of the University of Ceylon
- Academics of the University of Sri Lanka
- Alumni of Jaffna Hindu College
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Alumni of the University of Ceylon
- People from Northern Province, Sri Lanka
- People of British Ceylon
- Sri Lankan Tamil academics
- Sri Lankan Tamil mathematicians
- 20th-century mathematicians