M. S. Narasimhan
Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan is an Indian mathematician. He is known, along with C. S. Seshadri, for their proof of the Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem, and both were elected as Fellows of the Royal Society. He has been the only Indian to receive the King Faisal International Prize in the field of science.Education
Narasimhan did his undergraduate studies at Loyola College, Chennai, where he was taught by
Fr Racine. Fr Racine had studied with the famous French mathematicians Élie Cartan and Jacques Hadamard, and connected his students with the latest developments in modern mathematics. Among Racine's other students who achieved eminence are Subbaramiah Minakshisundaram, K. G. Ramanathan, C S Seshadri, Raghavan Narasimhan, and C. P. Ramanujam.
Narasimhan went to the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, for his graduate studies. He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Mumbai in 1960; his advisor was K. S. Chandrasekharan.Career
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