Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan as Indian American mathematician.
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan was born in 1965. His recorded nationality is India. He studied at University of Texas at Austin and Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Modern mathematics is collaborative and increasingly computational; proofs can now run to thousands of pages or depend on machine verification.
His academic posts were held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Radcliffe College and Santa Fe Institute.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
Recognition followed: Ig Nobel Prize (2007) and Fellow of the Royal Society (2016).
That the work was done from India matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Ig Nobel Prize — 2007
- Fellow of the Royal Society — 2016
- Held posts at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Radcliffe College and Santa Fe Institute
