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'''Ranjan Roy''' (1948 - 2020) was an India born American mathematician and a distinguished college teacher of mathematics. He secured BS from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and MS in mathematics from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He developed his career and spent most of his working years at Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin joining the college in the year 1982. He became the Ralph C. Huffer Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the college and at the time of his death was the chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department.<ref name="Rem">{{cite web |title=In Remembrance: Professor of Mathematics Ranjan Roy |url=https://www.beloit.edu/live/news/2103-in-remembrance-professor-of-mathematics-ranjan-roy |website=beloit.edu |publisher=Beloit College |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Early years==<br />
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After receiving his PhD, Roy taught at the [[University of Kentucky]] for a short time and then returned to India where he was first at I.I.T. Delhi and then at [[Himachal Pradesh University]] in [[Shimla]]. Soon he got a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Shimla. After spending two years at the institute, he joined the Mathematics Institute at Punjab University as a Reader. Soon he returned to the US at SUNY Plattsburgh. In 1982, he joined Beloit College and spent the rest of his career there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Know Your Wisconsin Mathematician |url=http://sections.maa.org/wisconsin/kywm/Roy.pdf |publisher=Mathematical Association of America |access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Publications==<br />
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Roy has published many papers on differential equations, fluid mechanics, special functions, Fuchsian groups, and the history of mathematics. He authored three advanced mathematics books: "Sources in the development of mathematics" (2011), "Elliptic and modular functions from Gauss to Dedekind to Hecke" (2017) and "Series and Products in the Development of Mathematics" (2021) all published by Cambridge University Press. He is a coauthor of the well-known book "Special Functions" (with G. E. Andrews and R. Askey), published by Cambridge University Press in 1999.<ref name="DLMF">{{cite web |title=Ranjan Roy: Profile |url=https://dlmf.nist.gov/about/bio/RRoy |website=Digital Library of Mathematical Functions |publisher=National Institute of Standards and Technology |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
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Roy had earned several recognitions for distinguished mathematics teaching including the following:<ref name="DLMF"/><ref name="Rem"/><br />
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* In 2003, he was one of three professors to receive the [[Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics|Deborah and Franklin Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics]], the Mathematical Association of America's (MAA) highest national teaching honor.<br />
* The MAA Carl B. Allendoerfer Award <br />
* The MAA Wisconsin Section teaching award<br />
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