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Mahan Mj (born Mahan Mitra (Bengali: মহান মিত্র), 5 April 1968), also known as Mahan Maharaj and Swami Vidyanathananda, is an Indian mathematician and monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. He is a recipient of the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Sciences and the Infosys Prize 2015 for Mathematical Sciences. He is best known for his work in hyperbolic geometry, geometric group theory, low-dimensional topology and complex geometry.
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| dbo:abstract | Mahan Mj (* 5. April 1968 als Mahan Mitra, bengalisch মহান মিত্র) ist ein indischer Mathematiker und Mönch (Ramakrishna Math-Orden). Er ist auch als Mahan Maharaj und seinem Mönchsnamen Swami Vidyanathananda (ab 2008) bekannt. Mahan Mj wuchs in Kalkutta auf, wo er die St. Xavier’s Collegiate School besuchte und sein Vater Manager einer Firma war. Er studierte am Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur zunächst Elektrotechnik und wechselte dann zur Mathematik. Nach dem Master-Abschluss 1992 ging er an die University of California, Berkeley und wurde 1997 bei Andrew Casson promoviert (Maps on Boundaries of Hyperbolic Metric Spaces). Als Post-Doktorand war er 1998 am Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai, schloss sich dann aber dem -Orden an. Den Entschluss Mönch zu werden fasste er in Berkeley. Ursprünglich hatte er eher atheistische Auffassungen, wie er in einem Interview sagte, am Mönchtum zog ihn aber die Konzentration auf fundamentale ethische Werte wie Wahrheit und Selbstlosigkeit an. Bis 2015 war er Professor an der Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University im Belur Math. Danach war er Professor am Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Er befasst sich mit hyperbolischen Mannigfaltigkeiten. 2014 bewies er die Existenz von Cannon-Thurston-Abbildungen. Daraus folgerte er, dass zusammenhängende Grenzmengen endlich erzeugter Kleinscher Gruppen lokal zusammenhängend sind. 2011 erhielt er den Shanti-Swarup-Bhatnagar-Preis in Mathematik und 2015 den Infosys Preis. Er ist eingeladener Sprecher auf dem Internationalen Mathematikerkongress in Rio de Janeiro 2018 (Cannon-Thurston maps). In einem Interview beklagt er die veralteten Lehrmethoden im Bereich Mathematik in Indien, wo weiterhin besonders in den Schulen und unteren Klassen der Universitäten völlig veraltete Lehrbücher benutzt werden, der Schwerpunkt auf der Beherrschung des dort präsentierten Unterrichtsmaterials gelegt wird und das Stellen von Fragen systematisch unterbunden wird. Auch die Lehrer würden häufig denselben Stoff zwanzig Jahre lang lehren ohne Neuerungen zu berücksichtigen. Die „prähistorische“ Art und Weise des Mathematikunterrichts in Indien führt er darauf zurück, dass Inder es lieben „faul zu sein“. Ausnahmen sah er nur in einigen wenigen Eliteuniversitäten (wie die Indian Institutes of Technology, das Chennai Mathematical Institute oder die Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research und einige zentrale Universitäten wie die in Delhi, Hyderabad und Punjab). Er finanziert mit dem Preisgeld vom Infosys Preis eine Initiative zur Verbesserung des Mathematikunterrichts in Indien, wobei er mit dem befreundeten theoretischen Physiker Rajesh Gopakumar zusammenarbeitet. In seiner Freizeit liebt er klassische indische Musik, besonders Ragas im Kedar- und Yaman-Stil. (de) Mahan Mj (born Mahan Mitra (Bengali: মহান মিত্র), 5 April 1968), also known as Mahan Maharaj and Swami Vidyanathananda, is an Indian mathematician and monk of the Ramakrishna Order. He is currently Professor of Mathematics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai. He is a recipient of the 2011 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Sciences and the Infosys Prize 2015 for Mathematical Sciences. He is best known for his work in hyperbolic geometry, geometric group theory, low-dimensional topology and complex geometry. (en) Mahan Mj (em bengali: মহান মিত্র, nascido Mahan Mitra; 5 de abril de 1968 é um matemático e monge (ordem Ramakrishna Math-Orden) indiano. É também conhecido como Mahan Maharaj e seu nome de monge Swami Vidyanathananda (a partir de 2008). Mahan Mj estudou inicialmente eletrotécnica no e mudou depois para matemática. Após o mestrado em 1992 foi para a Universidade da Califórnia em Berkeley, onde obteve em 1997 um doutorado orientado por Andrew Casson, com a tese Maps on Boundaries of Hyperbolic Metric Spaces. No pós-doutorado esteve em 1998 no Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas em Chennai, afiliando-se então à ordem . Até 2015 foi professor na . Foi depois professor do . Foi palestrante convidado do Congresso Internacional de Matemáticos no Rio de Janeiro (2018: Cannon-Thurston maps). (pt) |
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