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S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan

Indian American mathematician (born 1940)

Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan, FRS (born 2 January 1940) 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.^[1] He is regarded as one of the fundamental contributors to the theory of diffusion processes with an orientation towards the refinement and further development of Itô’s stochastic calculus.^[2] In the year 2007, he became the first Asian to win the Abel Prize.^[3]^[4]

Early life and education

Srinivasa was born into a HinduTamil BrahminIyengar family in 1940 ^[5] in Chennai (then Madras). In 1953, his family migrated to Kolkata. He grew up in Chennai and Kolkata.^[6]

Varadhan received his undergraduate degree in 1959 and his postgraduate degree in 1960 from Presidency College, Chennai. He received his doctor

Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan - Abel Prize

A Conversation with S. R. S. Varadhan

Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan, FRS (born 2 January ) is an Indian American mathematician.

S.R.Srinivasa Varadhan - New York University

Srinivasa Varadhan — or Raghu to his friends — was born on 2 January , in Chennai (formerly called Madras), India.

	Mathematics requires skillful creativity: Srinivasa.
	Srinivasa was born into a Hindu Tamil Brahmin Iyengar family in 1940 [5] in Chennai (then Madras).
	This lecture was held by Abel Laureate Srinivasa S.R. Varadhan at The University of Oslo, May 24, 2007 and was part of the Abel Prize.