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	'''Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy''' (1894–1960) was an Indian mathematician who wrote the first textbook of [[point-set topology]] in [[India]].		'''Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy''' (1894–1960) was an Indian mathematician who wrote the first textbook of [[point-set topology]] in [[India]].

	==Life==		==Life==
	He was born in India on 24 October 1894.<ref>{{cite book\|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002\|date=July 2006\|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh\|isbn=0 902 198 84 X\|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref>		He was born in India on 24 October 1894.<ref name="auto">{{cite book\|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002\|date=July 2006\|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh\|isbn=0-902-198-84-X\|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref>

	Vaidyanathaswamy studied Mathematics at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in Scotland, under Prof [[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]] graduating around 1914. He then did postgraduate studies at the [[University of Cambridge]] under Prof [[H. F. Baker]]. After his return to India, he was a professor at the [[University of Madras]], and after his retirement was associated with the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] in [[Calcutta]].		Vaidyanathaswamy studied Mathematics at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in Scotland, under Prof [[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]] graduating around 1914. He then did postgraduate studies at the [[University of Cambridge]] under Prof [[H. F. Baker]]. After his return to India, he was a professor at the [[University of Madras]], and after his retirement was associated with the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] in [[Calcutta]].
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	He contributed extensively to [[point-set topology]], and wrote a well-known textbook on the subject (and the first such textbook published in India), "Set Topology", which was first published in 1947. A second edition, published in 1960, was reprinted by [[Dover Publications]] in 1999.<sup>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070222102810/http://store.doverpublications.com/0486404560.html]</sup>		He contributed extensively to [[point-set topology]], and wrote a well-known textbook on the subject (and the first such textbook published in India), "Set Topology", which was first published in 1947. A second edition, published in 1960, was reprinted by [[Dover Publications]] in 1999.<sup>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070222102810/http://store.doverpublications.com/0486404560.html]</sup>

	He was elected a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1924.<ref>~~http~~://~~www-groups.dcs~~.st-~~and~~.ac.uk/~~~history~~/~~Societies~~/FRSE~~.html~~</ref> His proposers were [[Herbert Westren Turnbull]], [[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]], [[Ralph Allan Sampson]] and [[James Hartley Ashworth]].<ref~~>{{cite book\|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002\|date=July 2006\|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh\|isbn=0 902 198 84 X\|url~~=~~https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files~~/~~fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref~~>		He was elected a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1924.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Societies/RSE/FRSE/\|title=Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh - Alphabetical\|website=Maths History}}</ref> His proposers were [[Herbert Westren Turnbull]], [[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]], [[Ralph Allan Sampson]] and [[James Hartley Ashworth]].<ref name="auto"/>

	He was president of the [[Indian Mathematical Society]] from 1940 to 1942.<ref>~~http~~://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/</ref><ref>~~http~~://www.unom.ac.in/index.php?route=department/department/about&deptid=48</ref>		He was president of the [[Indian Mathematical Society]] from 1940 to 1942.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Chronology of Office-Bearers\|url=https://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/officebearers.htm\|access-date=2021-06-15\|website=www.indianmathsociety.org.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Department of Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics\|url=https://www.unom.ac.in/index.php?route=department/department/about&deptid=48\|url-status=live\|website=www.unom.ac.in}}</ref>

	==Selected publications==		==Selected publications==
	*{{cite journal\|last = Vaidyanathaswamy\|first = R\|title = A Theorem on the Rational Norm Curve\|journal = Journal of the London Mathematical Society\|volume = 5\|issue = 4\|pages = 249–253\|year = 1930~~\|url = http://jlms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/s1-5/4/249\|accessdate = 2007-05-29~~\|doi = 10.1112/jlms/s1-5.4.249}}		*{{cite journal\|last = Vaidyanathaswamy\|first = R\|title = A Theorem on the Rational Norm Curve\|journal = Journal of the London Mathematical Society\|volume = 5\|issue = 4\|pages = 249–253\|year = 1930\|doi = 10.1112/jlms/s1-5.4.249}}
	*{{cite journal\|last = Vaidyanathaswamy\|first = R\|title = The algebra of cubic residues\|journal = Journal of Indian Mathematical Society\|volume = 21\|pages = 57–66\|year = 1958\|url = http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/zmen/ZMATH/en/zmath.html?first=1&maxdocs=20&type=html&an=087.03802&format=complete\|accessdate = 2007-05-29\|format = – <sup>[https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3AVaidyanathaswamy+intitle%3AThe+algebra+of+cubic+residues&as_publication=Journal+of+Indian+Mathematical+Society&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search]</sup>\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040624105145/http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/zmen/ZMATH/en/zmath.html?first=1&maxdocs=20&type=html&an=087.03802&format=complete\|archive-date = 24 June 2004\|url-status=dead\|df = dmy-all}}		*{{cite journal\|last = Vaidyanathaswamy\|first = R\|title = The algebra of cubic residues\|journal = Journal of Indian Mathematical Society\|volume = 21\|pages = 57–66\|year = 1958\|url = http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/zmen/ZMATH/en/zmath.html?first=1&maxdocs=20&type=html&an=087.03802&format=complete\|accessdate = 2007-05-29\|format = – <sup>[https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3AVaidyanathaswamy+intitle%3AThe+algebra+of+cubic+residues&as_publication=Journal+of+Indian+Mathematical+Society&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search]</sup>\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040624105145/http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/zmen/ZMATH/en/zmath.html?first=1&maxdocs=20&type=html&an=087.03802&format=complete\|archive-date = 24 June 2004\|url-status=dead\|df = dmy-all}}

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'''Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy''' (1894–1960) was an Indian mathematician who wrote the first textbook of [[point-set topology]] in [[India]].

==Life==
He was born in India on 24 October 1894.<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref>

Vaidyanathaswamy studied Mathematics at the [[University of Edinburgh]] in Scotland, under Prof [[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]] graduating around 1914. He then did postgraduate studies at the [[University of Cambridge]] under Prof [[H. F. Baker]]. After his return to India, he was a professor at the [[University of Madras]], and after his retirement was associated with the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] in [[Calcutta]].

He contributed extensively to [[point-set topology]], and wrote a well-known textbook on the subject (and the first such textbook published in India), "Set Topology", which was first published in 1947. A second edition, published in 1960, was reprinted by [[Dover Publications]] in 1999.<sup>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070222102810/http://store.doverpublications.com/0486404560.html]</sup>

He was elected a fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]] in 1924.<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/FRSE.html</ref> His proposers were [[Herbert Westren Turnbull]], [[Edmund Taylor Whittaker]], [[Ralph Allan Sampson]] and [[James Hartley Ashworth]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}}</ref>

He was president of the [[Indian Mathematical Society]] from 1940 to 1942.<ref>http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/</ref><ref>http://www.unom.ac.in/index.php?route=department/department/about&deptid=48</ref>

==Selected publications==
*{{cite journal|last = Vaidyanathaswamy|first = R|title = A Theorem on the Rational Norm Curve|journal = Journal of the London Mathematical Society|volume = 5|issue = 4|pages = 249–253|year = 1930|url = http://jlms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/citation/s1-5/4/249|accessdate = 2007-05-29|doi = 10.1112/jlms/s1-5.4.249}}
*{{cite journal|last = Vaidyanathaswamy|first = R|title = The algebra of cubic residues|journal = Journal of Indian Mathematical Society|volume = 21|pages = 57–66|year = 1958|url = http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/zmen/ZMATH/en/zmath.html?first=1&maxdocs=20&type=html&an=087.03802&format=complete|accessdate = 2007-05-29|format = – <sup>[https://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=author%3AVaidyanathaswamy+intitle%3AThe+algebra+of+cubic+residues&as_publication=Journal+of+Indian+Mathematical+Society&as_ylo=&as_yhi=&btnG=Search Scholar search]</sup>|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040624105145/http://www.emis.de/cgi-bin/zmen/ZMATH/en/zmath.html?first=1&maxdocs=20&type=html&an=087.03802&format=complete|archive-date = 24 June 2004|url-status=dead|df = dmy-all}}

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