Kanta Gupta
Kanta Gupta | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University Australian National University |
| Awards | Krieger–Nelson Prize |
Chander Kanta GuptaFRSC(8 October 1938 – 27 March 2016)[1][2]was a Canadian distinguished professor of mathematics at theUniversity of Manitoba,known for her research inabstract algebraandgroup theory.[3]Much of her research concerns theautomorphismsin differentvarieties of groups.[4]
Education
[edit]Gupta earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Jammu and Kashmir, a master's degree from theAligarh Muslim University,another master's degree from theAustralian National University,and a Ph.D. in 1967 from ANU under the supervision of Michael Frederick Newman.[4][5]
Recognition
[edit]She was elected to theRoyal Society of Canadain 1991, and awarded theKrieger–Nelson Prizeof theCanadian Mathematical Societyin 2000.[4]
Personal
[edit]Her husband, Narain Gupta (1936–2008) was also an ANU alumnus, and a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Chander Gupta Obituary - Thomson In the Park Funeral Home and Cem - Winnipeg MB".obits.dignitymemorial.com.Retrieved18 August2017.
- ^"Chander Gupta Obituary - Winnipeg, Manitoba".Legacy.com.28 March 2016.Retrieved18 August2017.
- ^Distinguished Professors of the Faculty of ScienceArchived13 August 2016 at theWayback Machine,Univ. of Manitoba, retrieved 2015-06-09.
- ^abc6th Krieger–Nelson Prize Lecture Citation,Canadian Mathematical Society, retrieved 2015-06-09.
- ^Kanta Guptaat theMathematics Genealogy Project
- ^Obituary of Narain Gupta,Winnipeg Free Press,14 April 2008, retrieved 2015-06-09.
- 1938 births
- 2016 deaths
- 20th-century Indian mathematicians
- 21st-century Indian women mathematicians
- Canadian mathematicians
- Canadian women mathematicians
- Aligarh Muslim University alumni
- Australian National University alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Manitoba
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Indian group theorists
- Scientists from Jammu and Kashmir
- 20th-century Indian women scientists
- 21st-century Indian mathematicians
- Women scientists from Jammu and Kashmir
- 21st-century Indian women scientists
- 20th-century women mathematicians