P. Kanagasabapathy

Professor
P. Kanagasabapathy
Professor P. Kanagasabapathy
Born	1923
Died	January 1977
Alma mater	Jaffna Hindu College; University of Ceylon; University of Cambridge
Occupation	Academic
Title	Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Sri Lanka (Jaffna campus)
Term	October 1974 – January 1977
Successor	K. Kunaratnam

Perampalam Kanagasabapathy (1923–1977) was a Ceylon Tamil mathematician, academic and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka.

Early life and family

Kanagasabapathy was born in 1923.^[1] He was the son of Iyampillai Perampalam from Erlalai in northern Ceylon.^[1] He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College.^[1] After school he joined the University of Ceylon.^[1] He then went to the University of Cambridge, graduating with a master's degree in mathematics.^[1]

Kanagasabapathy married Meenambikai in 1949.^[1] They had three children (Pathmini, Mythili and Nanada Kumaran).^[1]

Career

Kanagasabapathy worked at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya from 1950 to 1974 as a lecturer, senior lecturer and professor of mathematics.^[1] He joined the Jaffna Campus of the University of Sri Lanka in October 1974 as a professor of mathematics.^[1] He was head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and dean of the Faculty of Science at the Jaffna campus from October 1974 to January 1977.^[2]^[3] He died in January 1977.^[1] He published number of papers in Mathematical Journals.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 72.
^ "Brief History of the Faculty". Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013.
^ "Dean's Office". Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.
^ Ponnudurai, Tharmambikai; Kanagasabapathy, P. (1 January 1975). "THE SIMULTANEOUS DIOPHANTINE EQUATIONS y2−3x2=−2 and z2−8x2=−7". The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics. 26 (1): 275–278. doi:10.1093/qmath/26.1.275.
^ Kanagasabapathy, P. (1958). "2816. A new proof of the compositeness of F5". The Mathematical Gazette. 42 (342): 309–310. doi:10.2307/3610473. JSTOR 3610473. S2CID 189167892 – via Cambridge Core.

[Arumugam-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Arumugam, S. (1997). Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon. p. 72.

[2] "Brief History of the Faculty". Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013.

[3] "Dean's Office". Faculty of Science, University of Jaffna. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014.

[4] Ponnudurai, Tharmambikai; Kanagasabapathy, P. (1 January 1975). "THE SIMULTANEOUS DIOPHANTINE EQUATIONS y2−3x2=−2 and z2−8x2=−7". The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics. 26 (1): 275–278. doi:10.1093/qmath/26.1.275.

[5] Kanagasabapathy, P. (1958). "2816. A new proof of the compositeness of F5". The Mathematical Gazette. 42 (342): 309–310. doi:10.2307/3610473. JSTOR 3610473. S2CID 189167892 – via Cambridge Core.

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