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The following are some of the other significant
meetings throughout the year held at many centers in India and
in other countries too:
- On
Dec. 22, 1986, year long celebrations at the Ramanujan Institute
for Advanced Study in Mathematics of the University of Madras,
were inaugurated by Prof. R.P. Agarwal, the then Vice Chancellor
of Rajasthan University.
- Prof.
R.P. Agarwal conducted a three week National Instructional Seminar
on Ramanujan and Special Functions, from May 15 - Jan. 6, 1987,
at Mt. Abu, Rajasthan. This Seminar funded by the National Board
for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), India, was inaugurated by Prof.
M.S. Raghunathan, the then Chairman of the NBHM.
- About
125 Mathematicians form the world over gathered at the University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign to celebrate the centenary of Ramanujan's
birth, due to the initiative of Prof. Bruce C. Berndt.
- A
National Instructional Conference on Ramanujan's Circle Method,
sponsored by the Central University at Pondicherry and the NBHM,
was held at Pondicherry from Sept. 21 - Oct. 5, 1987.
- A
Srinivasa Ramanujan Centenary Seminar on Algebra and its Applications,
was held at the Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics
of the University of Madras, from Oct. 26 - 31, 1987, as part
of its year long celebrations of the centenary.
- The
Association of Mathematics Teachers of India (AMTI) held its XXII
Annual Conference as a National homage to Ramanujan, at Kumbakonam
Town Higher Secondary School, Kumbakonam, where Ramanujan had
studied. A Hall in this school was named after its famous student
as Ramanujam Hall on this occasion.
- The
Ramanujan Mathematical Society, which came into existence due
to the initiative of Prof. R. Balakrishnan and others, in 1985,
conducted a Ramanujan Centennial Conference at Annamalai University,
Annamalai Nagar, from Dec. 15 - 18, 1987.
- An
International Conference on Mathematics was organized by the Anna
University, Madras, in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Academy
of Sciences, Third World Academy of Sciences and Committee for
Science and Technology Development, at the University's Campus
in Guindy, from Dec, 19 - 21, 1987. The Computer Center of this
University has been named after Ramanujan.
- The
Ramanujan Birth Centenary Year International Symposium on Analysis
was organized by the Department of Mathematics of the University
of Pune, from Dec. 26 - 28, 1987.
- The
53rd Annual Conference of the Indian Mathematical Society was
devoted to the celebration of the Ramanujan Birth Centenary and
was held at the University of Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, from De. 30,
1987 - Jan. 2, 1988.
Several
institutions had one-day symposia to mark the centenary:
- Bharathiar
University, Coimbatore, on Aug. 12, 1987.
- The
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore on Sept. 16, 1987.
-
S.N. Bose School for Advanced Study and Research in Mathematics
and Mathematical Physics, Calcutta, on Dec. 31, 1987.
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