Ravindra Bapat
{{Short description|Indian mathematician}}
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Indian Statistical Institute Delhi
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|field = Linear Algebra
generalized inverses, matrix analysis
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Ravindra B. Bapat is an Indian mathematician known for the Bapat–Beg theorem.
Education
He obtained B.Sc. from University of Mumbai, M.Stat. from the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1981.{{cite web|url=http://www.isid.ac.in/~rbb/bioweb.pdf|title=Biography|publisher=Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre|accessdate=15 April 2017}} His research interests include major contributions to matrix inequalities, matrices in graph theory, generalized inverses, and matrix analysis.
Career
In addition to the numerous research papers in the reputed journals, Bapat has written books on linear algebra published by Hindustan Book Agency,{{cite web|title=Texts and Readings in Mathematics|url=http://www.hindbook.com/trims.php|publisher=Hindustan Book Agency}} Springer, and Cambridge University Press. He has served on the editorial boards of Electronic Journal of Linear Algebra, Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Kerala Mathematical Association Bulletin, and Linear and Multilinear Algebra. He is national coordinator for the Mathematics Olympiad and was head of the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre from 2007 to 2011.
He is a Visiting Professor of Mathematics at Ashoka University, India.
He held the position of President of Indian Mathematical Society from 2007 to 2008.
Fellowships and awards
Books
- {{cite book|last=Bapat|first=RB|title=Linear Algebra and Linear Models|year=1993|publisher=Springer}}
- {{cite book|last=Bapat|first=RB, T. E. S. Raghavan|title=Nonnegative Matrices and Applications|year=2009|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}
- {{cite book|last=Bapat|first=RB|title=Graphs and Matrices|year=2010|publisher=Springer}}
- {{cite book|last=Neogy|first=S. K., Arup Kumar Das, R. B. Bapat|title=Modeling, Computation and Optimization |year=2009|publisher=World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.isid.ac.in/~rbb/ Homepage of R.B. Bapat]
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Category:20th-century Indian mathematicians
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