Chander Kanta Gupta FRSC (8 October 1938 – 27 March 2016)[1][2] was a Canadian distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba, known for her research in abstract algebra and group theory.[3] Much of her research concerns the automorphisms in different varieties of groups.[4]
Kanta Gupta | |
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| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University Australian National University |
| Awards | Krieger–Nelson Prize |
Education
editGupta earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Jammu and Kashmir, a master's degree from the Aligarh Muslim University, another master's degree from the Australian National University, and a Ph.D. in 1967 from ANU under the supervision of Michael Frederick Newman.[4][5]
Recognition
editShe was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1991, and awarded the Krieger–Nelson Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society in 2000.[4]
Personal
editHer husband, Narain Gupta (1936–2008) was also an ANU alumnus, and a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Chander Gupta Obituary - Thomson In the Park Funeral Home and Cem - Winnipeg MB". obits.dignitymemorial.com. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Chander Gupta Obituary - Winnipeg, Manitoba". Legacy.com. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ Distinguished Professors of the Faculty of Science Archived 13 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Univ. of Manitoba, retrieved 2015-06-09.
- ^ a b c 6th Krieger–Nelson Prize Lecture Citation, Canadian Mathematical Society, retrieved 2015-06-09.
- ^ Kanta Gupta at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Obituary of Narain Gupta, Winnipeg Free Press, 14 April 2008, retrieved 2015-06-09.