Subhashis Nag

Subhashis Nag (14 August 1955 – 22 December 1998) was an Indian mathematician who specialised in complex analytic geometry, particularly Teichmuller theory, and its relations to string theory.

Subhashis Nag
Born14 August 1955
Died22 December 1998
NationalityIndia
Alma materCornell University, New York
Don Bosco School, Park Circus, Kolkata
AwardsShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Scientific career
FieldsComplex analytic geometry
InstitutionsInstitute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Doctoral advisorClifford John Earle, Jr.

He won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 1998, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category. However, he died on 22 December 1998, before the actual award ceremony was held.[1] [2]

Books authored
  • The complex analytic theory of Teichmüller spaces. Wiley. 1988. ISBN 9780471627739.[3]
  • On some geometrical problems in Teichmüller and Torelli Spaces. Cornell University. 1980.
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References
  1. "Subhashis Nag Memorial Endowment Lecture" (PDF). Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. Sukumar Mallick; Saguna Dewan; S C Dhawan (1999). Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners (1958 - 1998) (PDF). New Delhi: Human Resource Development Group, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. p. 118.
  3. Abikoff, William (1989). "Review: The complex analytic theory of Teichmüller spaces by Subhashis Nag" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.). 21 (1): 162–168. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-1989-15803-5.


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