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'''Vijay Kumar Patodi''' (12 March 1945 – 21 December 1976) was an Indian [[mathematician]] who made fundamental contributions to [[differential geometry]] and [[topology]]. He was the first mathematician to apply heat equation methods to the proof of the [[ | '''Vijay Kumar Patodi''' (12 March 1945 – 21 December 1976) was an Indian [[mathematician]] who made fundamental contributions to [[differential geometry]] and [[topology]]. He was the first mathematician to apply [[heat equation]] methods to the proof of the [[Atiyah–Singer index theorem|index theorem]] for elliptic operators.{{citation needed|date=March 2011}} He was a [[professor]] at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Mumbai (Bombay)]]. | ||
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