1973 - Annual Report

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International Conference on Functional Analysis and its Applications: With the cooperation and support from the international mathematical community and with financial support from the sponsors of the Institute an International Conference on Functional Analysis and its Applications was held at the , Institute from 1st to 7th January 1973. More than fifty mathematicians representing over twenty countries participated in this conference. The conference was inaugurated by Hon’ble Mr. C. Subramaniam, Patron of our Institute on ; January 1, 1973 and Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah, Former Acting Director-General of UNESCO, Director, The Madras Institute of Development Studies presided over the function. The conference was a great success from any international standard. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Springer-Verlag The editors of the proceedings are Professors K. R. Unni, J. H. Williamson and H. G. Garnir. (List of Mathematicians who participated in the conference is given separately.) Conference on Nuclear Physics: MATSCIENCE Conference on Nuclear Physics was held at the Institution of Engineers (India), Mysore for five days from March I, 1973. Inaugurated by r Professor Alladi Ramakrishnan, the conference was attended by nearly 40 participants from various universities and research institutions, throughout India. The Proceedings of the above conference has been brought out as MATSCIENCE I REPORT 78.

Conference on Numerical Analysis and Combinatorial Methods: The Conference on Numerical Analysis and Combinatorial Methods was held for a week starting from 9th March 1973. The conference was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Sri C. Subramaniam, Union Minister for Industrial Development, Science t and Technology, and Patron of the Institute. Besides members of MATSCIENCE, participants from several institutions and universities presented papers on their | work. The Proceedings of the conference is in the process of being published as t MATSCIENCE REPORT 79.

Conference on Probability theory and Stochastic Processes: For a week in September starting from 24th, a conference on probability theory and stochastic processes was held at Institution of Engineers (India), Bangalore.The conference was inaugurated by Professor Alladi Ramakrishnan, Director or the Institute. Hon'bie Sri C. Subramaniaaa, Union Minister for Industrial Development, Science and Technology and Patron of the Institute addressed the participants on 26th September 1973. Besides members of MATSCIENCE nearly 40 scientists from throughout India participated in the conference.

Inservice Training Programme: Sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education, the Institute conducted an In service Training Programme for the mathematics teachers in colleges in Tamil Nadu for a period of two weeks in May, 1973. About twenty teachers took part in this programme. Professors Alladi Ramakrishnan, K. R. Unni and K. H, Mariwalla gave a series of lectures.