S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Indian-American mathematician
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Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan, FRS is an Indian American mathematician. He is known for his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviations. Wikipedia
Born: 1940 (age 84 years), Chennai, India
Awards: Padma Vibhushan, Abel Prize, George David Birkhoff Prize, and more
Education: Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (1963), Presidency College Chennai, and University of Madras
Notable students: Peter Friz, Jeremy Quastel, Sunder Sethuraman, and more
Known for: Martingale problems; Large deviation theory
Doctoral advisor: C R Rao
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