CONNECTED AT INFINITY: A SECTION OF MATHEMATICS BY INDIANS

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This is a special collection of articles describing the work of some of the best-known mathematicians from India. The first part contains seven articles by leading experts each of whom chooses one major research paper by an Indian mathematician and explains to a wider audience its contents, context, importance and impact. Works by R. C.Bose, S. Chowla, M. S. Narasimhan, M. S. Raghunathan, C. P. Ramanujam, C .S. Seshadri, and S . R .S. Varadhan are included here. The second part contains four articles that have appeared earlier. Two of them by S. S. Abhyankar explain his own work. The last two are reprints of the finest commentaries on the work of Harish-Chandra.