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'''Neithalath Mohan Kumar (N. Mohan Kumar)''' (born 12 May 1951) is an Indian [[mathematician]] who specializes in [[commutative algebra]] and [[algebraic geometry]]. Kumar is a full professor at [[Washington University in St. Louis]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://wumath.wustl.edu/people/kumar_n-mohan | title=Faculty}}</ref>
'''Neithalath Mohan Kumar (N. Mohan Kumar)''' (born 12 May 1951) is an Indian [[mathematician]] who specializes in [[commutative algebra]] and [[algebraic geometry]]. Kumar is a professor emeritus in the [[Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=May 4, 2017 |title=N. Mohan Kumar |url=https://math.wustl.edu/people/n-mohan-kumar |access-date= |website=math.wustl.edu |language=en}}</ref>


In 1994, he was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest science award in [[India]]Ā  in the mathematical sciences category. Kumar has made profound and original contributions to commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. He is well known for his contribution settling the [[Eisenbud-Evans conjecture]] proposed by [[David Eisenbud]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kumar |first=N. Mohan |title=On Two Conjectures About Polynomial RingsĀ  |journal=Inventiones Mathematicae |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=225ā€“236 |date=1978 |doi=10.1007/BF01390276 }}</ref> His work on rational double points on rational surfaces has also been acclaimed.<ref name=List>{{cite book|author1=Sukumar Mallick|author2=Saguna Dewan|author3=S C Dhawan|title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners(1958 - 1998)|year=1999|publisher=Human Rsource Development Group, [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]]|location=New Delhi|pages=118|url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf|access-date=25 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Kumar |first=N. Mohan |title=Rational Double Points on a Rational Surface |journal=Inventiones Mathematicae |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=251ā€“268 |date=1981 |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/21487/1/307.pdf |doi=10.1007/bf01389014}}</ref>
In 1994, he was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest science award in [[India]]Ā  in the mathematical sciences category. Kumar has made profound and original contributions to commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. He is well known for his contribution settling the [[Eisenbud-Evans conjecture]] proposed by [[David Eisenbud]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Kumar |first=N. Mohan |title=On Two Conjectures About Polynomial RingsĀ  |journal=Inventiones Mathematicae |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=225ā€“236 |date=1978 |doi=10.1007/BF01390276 |bibcode=1978InMat..46..225K |s2cid=122188936 }}</ref> His work on rational double points on rational surfaces has also been acclaimed.<ref name=List>{{cite book|author1=Sukumar Mallick|author2=Saguna Dewan|author3=S C Dhawan|title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners(1958 - 1998)|year=1999|publisher=Human Rsource Development Group, [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]]|location=New Delhi|pages=118|url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf|access-date=25 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Kumar |first=N. Mohan |title=Rational Double Points on a Rational Surface |journal=Inventiones Mathematicae |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=251ā€“268 |date=1981 |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/21487/1/307.pdf |doi=10.1007/bf01389014|bibcode=1981InMat..65..251K |s2cid=122595425 }}</ref>


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Neithalath Mohan Kumar
Born12 May 1951 (1951-05-12) (age 75)
Alma materUniversity of Bombay
Known forForster-Eisenbud-Evans conjectures[1]
AwardsShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebra, Algebraic Geometry
InstitutionsWashington University in St. Louis
Doctoral advisorS. Ramanan

Neithalath Mohan Kumar (N. Mohan Kumar) (born 12 May 1951) is an Indian mathematician who specializes in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. Kumar is a professor emeritus in the Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.[2]

In 1994, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India in the mathematical sciences category. Kumar has made profound and original contributions to commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. He is well known for his contribution settling the Eisenbud-Evans conjecture proposed by David Eisenbud.[3] His work on rational double points on rational surfaces has also been acclaimed.[4][5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ā†‘ Friedrich Ischebeck; Ravi A. Rao (12 January 2005). Ideals and Reality: Projective Modules and Number of Generators of Ideals. Springer. pp. 238ā€“. ISBN 978-3-540-23032-8. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. ā†‘ "N. Mohan Kumar". math.wustl.edu. 4 May 2017.
  3. ā†‘ Kumar, N. Mohan (1978). "On Two Conjectures About Polynomial Rings". Inventiones Mathematicae. 46 (3): 225ā€“236. Bibcode:1978InMat..46..225K. doi:10.1007/BF01390276. S2CID 122188936.
  4. ā†‘ Sukumar Mallick; Saguna Dewan; S C Dhawan (1999). Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners(1958 - 1998) (PDF). New Delhi: Human Rsource Development Group, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  5. ā†‘ Kumar, N. Mohan (1981). "Rational Double Points on a Rational Surface" (PDF). Inventiones Mathematicae. 65 (2): 251ā€“268. Bibcode:1981InMat..65..251K. doi:10.1007/bf01389014. S2CID 122595425.


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