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'''Narasimhaiengar Mukunda''' (born 25 January 1939, [[New Delhi]], [[India]]) is an Indian theoretical physicist.<ref name=ICAST>{{cite web | url=https://www.icast.org.in/events/OA-NAL-Speakers-nm.pdf | title=Brief Resume - Prof. N. Mukunda  | publisher=ICAST | access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref>
'''Narasimhaiengar Mukunda''' (born 25 January 1939, [[New Delhi]], [[India]]) is an Indian theoretical physicist.<ref name=ICAST>{{cite web | url=https://www.icast.org.in/events/OA-NAL-Speakers-nm.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624163523/http://www.icast.org.in/events/OA-NAL-Speakers-nm.pdf | url-status=usurped | archive-date=24 June 2017 | title=Brief Resume - Prof. N. Mukunda  | publisher=ICAST | access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref>


Mukunda's higher education began at [[Delhi University]], where he was granted a [[B.Sc. (Hon)]] degree in 1953. For his Ph.D. he studied at [[University of Rochester]] with [[George Sudarshan|E. C. G. Sudarshan]] and graduated in 1964. Mukunda’s thesis dealt with [[Hamiltonian mechanics]], [[symmetry group]]s and [[elementary particle]]s.<ref>Narasimhaigar Mukunda (1964) ''Studies in Hamiltonian theories of relativistic interacting particles, and in the application of symmetry groups to elementary particle physics'', [http://hdl.handle.net/1802/28575 Seventh supplement to Checklist of Doctors’ Theses] from [[University of Rochester]]</ref> He also studied [[group theory]] at [[Princeton University]] with [[Valentine Bargmann]], including [[topological group]]s and [[Lie theory]].
Mukunda's higher education began at [[Delhi University]], where he was granted a [[B.Sc. (Hon)]] degree in 1953. For his Ph.D. he studied at [[University of Rochester]] with [[George Sudarshan|E. C. G. Sudarshan]] and graduated in 1964. Mukunda’s thesis dealt with [[Hamiltonian mechanics]], [[symmetry group]]s and [[elementary particle]]s.<ref>Narasimhaigar Mukunda (1964) ''Studies in Hamiltonian theories of relativistic interacting particles, and in the application of symmetry groups to elementary particle physics'', [http://hdl.handle.net/1802/28575 Seventh supplement to Checklist of Doctors’ Theses] from [[University of Rochester]]</ref> He also studied [[group theory]] at [[Princeton University]] with [[Valentine Bargmann]], including [[topological group]]s and [[Lie theory]].
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He was a post-doctoral fellow at [[Syracuse University]] before he returned to India. In 1967, he became a Fellow at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]. In 1969 he transferred to [[IISc]], Bangalore. From 1972 to 2001 he served as professor at the Center for Theoretical Studies.<ref name=ICAST/> Using the notes from Bargmann's lectures, Mukunda contributed chapters on [[Lie group]]s to ''Classical Dynamics: a modern perspective'' that he authored with Sudarshan in 1974. The expression of symmetries on physics rests largely on Lie groups, and his later works exploit these [[classical group]]s for physical theory. Mukunda was particularly impressed by [[W. R. Hamilton]]'s "theory of turns" ([[versor]]s), and worked to extend the use of turns in [[Sp(2)]], [[SU(1,1)]] and the [[Lorentz group]]. In 1989 Mukunda, [[Rajiah Simon]] and Sudarshan published "Hamilton’s theory of turns and a new geometrical representation for polarization optics" which developed the [[coset space]] SU(2)/U(1) = S<sup>3</sup>/S<sup>1</sup> as an alternative to the [[Poincaré sphere (optics)|Poincaré sphere]] in the description of [[light polarization]].
He was a post-doctoral fellow at [[Syracuse University]] before he returned to India. In 1967, he became a Fellow at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]. In 1969 he transferred to [[IISc]], Bangalore. From 1972 to 2001 he served as professor at the Center for Theoretical Studies.<ref name=ICAST/> Using the notes from Bargmann's lectures, Mukunda contributed chapters on [[Lie group]]s to ''Classical Dynamics: a modern perspective'' that he authored with Sudarshan in 1974. The expression of symmetries on physics rests largely on Lie groups, and his later works exploit these [[classical group]]s for physical theory. Mukunda was particularly impressed by [[W. R. Hamilton]]'s "theory of turns" ([[versor]]s), and worked to extend the use of turns in [[Sp(2)]], [[SU(1,1)]] and the [[Lorentz group]]. In 1989 Mukunda, [[Rajiah Simon]] and Sudarshan published "Hamilton’s theory of turns and a new geometrical representation for polarization optics" which developed the [[coset space]] SU(2)/U(1) = S<sup>3</sup>/S<sup>1</sup> as an alternative to the [[Poincaré sphere (optics)|Poincaré sphere]] in the description of [[light polarization]].


Mukunda is an honorary professor at [[IISER Bhopal]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Physics Department, IISER Bhopal|url=https://phy.iiserb.ac.in/faculty.php#|url-status=live}}</ref> [[IISER Mohali]] and [[IISER Thiruvananthapuram]]. He is also the Distinguished associate of [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute]].<ref>[http://physics.rkmvu.ac.in/faculty/ Faculty at Ramakrishna Mission]</ref>
Mukunda is an honorary professor at [[IISER Bhopal]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Physics Department, IISER Bhopal|url=https://phy.iiserb.ac.in/faculty.php#}}</ref> [[IISER Mohali]] and [[IISER Thiruvananthapuram]]. He is also the Distinguished associate of [[Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute]].<ref>[http://physics.rkmvu.ac.in/faculty/ Faculty at Ramakrishna Mission]</ref>


He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for work in Nonlinear and Quantum Optics in 1980<ref>{{Cite book | title = Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners (1958 - 1998) | url = http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | publisher = Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi | date = 1999 | access-date = 11 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>  In 2016 Mukunda gave the Fifteenth Memorial V.G. Kulkarni Lecture: "The Nature of Scientific Knowledge: some reflections".<ref>[http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/vgk-memorial-lecture-series/2016 VGK Memorial Lecture Series] from [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]</ref>
He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for work in Nonlinear and Quantum Optics in 1980<ref>{{Cite book | title = Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners (1958 - 1998) | url = http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | publisher = Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi | date = 1999 | access-date = 11 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>  In 2016 Mukunda gave the Fifteenth Memorial V.G. Kulkarni Lecture: "The Nature of Scientific Knowledge: some reflections".<ref>[http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/vgk-memorial-lecture-series/2016 VGK Memorial Lecture Series] from [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]</ref>

Latest revision as of 07:54, 5 November 2021

Narasimhaiengar Mukunda (born 25 January 1939, New Delhi, India) is an Indian theoretical physicist.[1]

Mukunda's higher education began at Delhi University, where he was granted a B.Sc. (Hon) degree in 1953. For his Ph.D. he studied at University of Rochester with E. C. G. Sudarshan and graduated in 1964. Mukunda’s thesis dealt with Hamiltonian mechanics, symmetry groups and elementary particles.[2] He also studied group theory at Princeton University with Valentine Bargmann, including topological groups and Lie theory.

He was a post-doctoral fellow at Syracuse University before he returned to India. In 1967, he became a Fellow at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. In 1969 he transferred to IISc, Bangalore. From 1972 to 2001 he served as professor at the Center for Theoretical Studies.[1] Using the notes from Bargmann's lectures, Mukunda contributed chapters on Lie groups to Classical Dynamics: a modern perspective that he authored with Sudarshan in 1974. The expression of symmetries on physics rests largely on Lie groups, and his later works exploit these classical groups for physical theory. Mukunda was particularly impressed by W. R. Hamilton's "theory of turns" (versors), and worked to extend the use of turns in Sp(2), SU(1,1) and the Lorentz group. In 1989 Mukunda, Rajiah Simon and Sudarshan published "Hamilton’s theory of turns and a new geometrical representation for polarization optics" which developed the coset space SU(2)/U(1) = S3/S1 as an alternative to the Poincaré sphere in the description of light polarization.

Mukunda is an honorary professor at IISER Bhopal,[3] IISER Mohali and IISER Thiruvananthapuram. He is also the Distinguished associate of Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute.[4]

He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for work in Nonlinear and Quantum Optics in 1980[5] In 2016 Mukunda gave the Fifteenth Memorial V.G. Kulkarni Lecture: "The Nature of Scientific Knowledge: some reflections".[6]

Selected publications[edit | edit source]

According to Mathematical Reviews, Mukunda contributed to 143 scholarly publications, including

  • 1974: (with George Sudarshan) Classical Dynamics: a modern perspective, John Wiley & Sons Template:Mr
  • 1987: "The mathematical style of modern physics", pages 1 to 20 in Recent Developments in Theoretical Physics, World Scientific Template:Mr
  • 1989: (with Rajiah Simon and Sudarshan) "Hamilton's theory of turns generalized to Sp(2,R)", Physical Review Letters 62(12): 1331–4 Template:Mr
  • 1989: (with R. Simon and George Sudarshan) "The theory of screws: a new geometric representation for the group SU(1,1"), Journal of Mathematical Physics 30(5): 1000–1006 doi:10.1063/1.528365 Template:Mr
  • 1989: (with R. Simon and George Sudarshan) "Hamilton's turns and a new geometrical representation for polarization optics", Pramana 32(6): 769–92.
  • 1989: Mukunda and collaborators initiated the "Quantum theory of charged-particle beam optics" by working out the focusing action of a magnetic quadrupole using the Dirac Equation.[7]
  • 1992: (with R. Simon) "Hamilton's turns and geometric phase for two-level systems", Journal of Physics A 25(22): 6135–44 Template:Mr
  • 1993: Twisted Gaussian Schell-model beams. I & II. Symmetry structure and normal-mode spectrum via Indian Academy of Sciences
  • 1996: "Planetary Motions and the Birth of Classical Mechanics", Current Science 71(7): 527–32 Template:Mr
  • 1997: "Geometry, Fields, and Cosmology", Fundamental Theories of Physics 88, Kluwer Template:Mr (from First Inter-University Graduate School on Gravitation and Cosmology held in Pune, 1989)
  • 1999: "Mathematics and the Physicist's Conception of Nature", Current Science 76(5): 634–9 Template:Mr
  • 2006: (with R. Simon, S. Chaturvedi, and V. Srinivasan) "Hamiltion's Turns for the Lorentz Group", International Journal of Theoretical Physics 45(11): 2051–2070 Template:Mr
  • 2010: (with Sunil Mukhi) Lectures on Advanced Mathematical Methods for Physicists, World Scientific, ISBN 981-4299-73-1 Template:Mr (Mukunda wrote part 2: Group Theory and Structure and Representations of Compact, Simple Lie Groups and Algebras.)
  • 2017: (with Arvind and Chaturvedi) "Global aspects of polarization optics and coset space geometry", Physics Letters A 381(35): 3005–9 doi:10.1016/j.physleta.2017.06.053 Template:Mr

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Brief Resume - Prof. N. Mukunda" (PDF). ICAST. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Narasimhaigar Mukunda (1964) Studies in Hamiltonian theories of relativistic interacting particles, and in the application of symmetry groups to elementary particle physics, Seventh supplement to Checklist of Doctors’ Theses from University of Rochester
  3. ↑ "Physics Department, IISER Bhopal".
  4. ↑ Faculty at Ramakrishna Mission
  5. ↑ Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners (1958 - 1998) (PDF). Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  6. ↑ VGK Memorial Lecture Series from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  7. ↑ Jagannathan, R.; Simon, R.; Sudarshan, E. C. G.; Mukunda, N. (1989). "Quantum theory of magnetic electron lenses based on the Dirac equation" (PDF). Physics Letters A. 134 (8–9): 457. Bibcode:1989PhLA..134..457J. doi:10.1016/0375-9601(89)90685-3.
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