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	He was born in London, since his father, Gopal Chowla, a professor of mathematics in [[Lahore]], was then studying in [[Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Sarvadaman Chowla - Biography\|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chowla/\|access-date=2021-04-05\|website=Maths History\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Raymond G. Ayoub, James G. Huard, and Kenneth S. Williams\|date=May 1998\|title=Sarvadaman Chowla (1907–1995)\|url=https://www.ams.org/notices/199805/comm-chowla.pdf\|journal=Notices of the AMS\|publisher=American Mathematical Society\|volume=45\|issue=5}}</ref> His family returned to India, where he received his [[~~masters~~ degree]] in 1928 from the [[Government College University, Lahore\|Government College]] in Lahore. In 1931 he received his doctorate from the [[University of Cambridge]], where he studied under [[John Edensor Littlewood\|J. E. Littlewood]].		He was born in London, since his father, Gopal Chowla, a professor of mathematics in [[Lahore]], was then studying in [[Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Sarvadaman Chowla - Biography\|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chowla/\|access-date=2021-04-05\|website=Maths History\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Raymond G. Ayoub, James G. Huard, and Kenneth S. Williams\|date=May 1998\|title=Sarvadaman Chowla (1907–1995)\|url=https://www.ams.org/notices/199805/comm-chowla.pdf\|journal=Notices of the AMS\|publisher=American Mathematical Society\|volume=45\|issue=5}}</ref> His family returned to India, where he received his [[master's degree]] in 1928 from the [[Government College University, Lahore\|Government College]] in Lahore. In 1931 he received his doctorate from the [[University of Cambridge]], where he studied under [[John Edensor Littlewood\|J. E. Littlewood]].
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|alma_mater = [[Cambridge University]]
|doctoral_advisor = [[John Edensor Littlewood]]
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'''Sarvadaman D. S. Chowla''' (22 October 1907 – 10 December 1995) was a British-born [[Indian American]] [[mathematician]], specializing in [[number theory]].

==Early life==
He was born in London, since his father, Gopal Chowla, a professor of mathematics in [[Lahore]], was then studying in [[Cambridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sarvadaman Chowla - Biography|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Chowla/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Maths History|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Raymond G. Ayoub, James G. Huard, and Kenneth S. Williams|date=May 1998|title=Sarvadaman Chowla (1907–1995)|url=https://www.ams.org/notices/199805/comm-chowla.pdf|journal=Notices of the AMS|publisher=American Mathematical Society|volume=45|issue=5}}</ref> His family returned to India, where he received his [[masters degree]] in 1928 from the [[Government College University, Lahore|Government College]] in Lahore. In 1931 he received his doctorate from the [[University of Cambridge]], where he studied under [[John Edensor Littlewood|J. E. Littlewood]].
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{{cite journal
| last = Ayoub
| first = Raymond G. |author2=James G. Huard |author3=Kenneth S. Williams
|date=May 1998
| title = Sarvadaman Chowla (1907-1995)
| journal = Notices of the American Mathematical Society
| volume = 45
| issue = 5
| pages = 594–598
| publisher = American Mathematical Society
| location = Providence, RI
| issn = 0002-9920
| oclc = 1480366
| url = http://www.ams.org/notices/199805/comm-chowla.pdf
| format = PDF
| accessdate = 2008-05-16
}}
</ref>{{Rp|594}}

==Career and awards==
Chowla then returned to India, where he taught at several universities, becoming head of mathematics at Government College in 1936.<ref name="Notices AMS obituary" />{{Rp|594}} During the difficulties arising from the [[partition of India]] in 1947, he left for the United States.<ref>{{MacTutor Biography|id=Chowla}}</ref> There he visited the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] until the fall of 1949, then taught at the [[University of Kansas]] in Lawrence until moving to the [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]] in 1952.<ref name="Notices AMS obituary" />{{Rp|594}} He moved to [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]] in 1963 as a research professor, where he remained until his retirement in 1976.<ref name="Notices AMS obituary" />{{Rp|594}} He was a member of the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="Notices AMS obituary" />{{Rp|595}}

Among his contributions are a number of results which bear his name. These include the [[Bruck–Ryser–Chowla theorem]], the [[Ankeny–Artin–Chowla congruence]], the [[Chowla–Mordell theorem]], and the [[Chowla–Selberg formula]], and the [[Mian–Chowla sequence]].

==Works==
* {{cite book
|last= Chowla
|first= Sarvadaman
|editor= James G. Huard
|editor2= Kenneth S. Williams
|title= The Collected Papers of Sarvadaman Chowla
|publisher= Centre de Recherches mathématiques, Université de Montréal
|location= Montréal
|oclc= 43730416
|year= 2000
}}
* {{cite book | last = Chowla | first = S. | title = Riemann Hypothesis and Hilbert's Tenth Problem | publisher = Routledge | location = New York | year = 1965 | isbn = 978-0-677-00140-1 | oclc = 15428640}}

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{MathGenealogy|id=12369}}

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[[Category:American Hindus]]
[[Category:1907 births]]
[[Category:1995 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian mathematicians]]
[[Category:Indian number theorists]]
[[Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:British emigrants to the United States]]
[[Category:University of Colorado faculty]]
[[Category:University of Kansas faculty]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania State University faculty]]
[[Category:Government College University, Lahore alumni]]
[[Category:English Hindus]]
[[Category:British people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:American academics of Indian descent]]

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>Wbm1058: master's degree (via WP:JWB)

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