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2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

A Portrait of the Life of R. C. Gupta

Author : K. Ramasubramanian

Published in: Gaṇitānanda

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

Though I have known Prof. R. C. Gupta (RCG) for more than two decades through his writings, till recently I did not have an occasion to interact with him closely.

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Footnotes
1
Meeting him at conferences was not possible as RCG did not travel much, particularly after his ‘formal’ retirement in 1995, around which period I had just entered into the field. Correspondence through e-mails was not possible either, as he does not use computers at all!.
 
2
Mathematical Review 26, (1963) p. 1142.
 
3
Whose outstanding doctoral dissertation got published as Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India, Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1979.
 
4
By submitting my dissertation on ‘Trigonometry in Ancient and Medieval India’.
 
5
One of the greatest poets of all times, who through his immortal contributions enriched several branches of Sanskrit literature.
 
6
I was a bit surprised at his cool and spontaneous positive response, because I was expecting him to second my thought by saying: “yes, these things are difficult to find out ...”.
 
7
https://static-content.springer.com/image/chp%3A10.1007%2F978-981-13-1229-8_1/MediaObjects/448664_1_En_1_Figd_HTML.gif by Mukunda Sarma, published by Mukundasram, Amola, Garhwal, Uttaranchal (formerly UP), 1967.
 
8
The data collected by RCG seems to be quite comprehensive. Name any topic in history of mathematics, RCG may be able to pull out a bundle (piled up in cartons) in no time and present a card giving the necessary information!.
 
9
Naturally, a few cards in these bundles would be decades-old and brittle, while others relatively new.
 
10
RCG told me (the author of the article) that he started his teaching career as a lecturer with a salary of around Rs. 250 per month and retired as professor with a salary of around Rs. 9000 per month.
 
11
To name a few: National Academy of Sciences (NASI), Association of Mathematics Teachers of India (AMTI), Astronomical Society of India, Calcutta Mathematical Society, Kerala Mathematical Association, Sree Sarada Educational Society.
 
Metadata
Title
A Portrait of the Life of R. C. Gupta
Author
K. Ramasubramanian
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Gaṇitānanda

Print ISBN: 978-981-13-1228-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-13-1229-8

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1229-8_1

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