Sarvadaman D. S. Chowla (22 October 1907 – 10 December 1995) was an

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mathematician, specializing in number theory.

Early life

He was born in London, since his father, Gopal Chowla, a professor of mathematics in Lahore, was then studying in Cambridge. His family returned to India, where he received his master's degree in 1928 from the

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in Lahore. In 1931 he received his doctorate from the University of Cambridge, where he studied under

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Career and awards

Chowla then returned to India, where he taught at several universities, becoming head of mathematics at Government College, Lahore in 1936. During the difficulties arising from the

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in 1947, he left for the United States. There he visited the Institute for Advanced Study until the fall of 1949, then taught at the University of Kansas in Lawrence until moving to the University of Colorado in 1952. He moved to

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in 1963 as a research professor, where he remained until his retirement in 1976. He was a member of the Indian National Science Academy. Among his contributions are a number of results which bear his name. These include the Bruck–Ryser–Chowla theorem, the

Ankeny–Artin–Chowla congruence In number theory, the Ankeny–Artin–Chowla congruence is a result published in 1953 by N. C. Ankeny, Emil Artin and S. Chowla. It concerns the class number ''h'' of a real quadratic field of discriminant ''d'' > 0. If the fund ...

, the Chowla–Mordell theorem, and the Chowla–Selberg formula, and the Mian–Chowla sequence.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chowla, Sarvadaman American Hindus 1907 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Indian mathematicians Indian number theorists Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge British emigrants to the United States University of Colorado faculty University of Kansas faculty Pennsylvania State University faculty Government College University, Lahore alumni English Hindus British people of Indian descent American academics of Indian descent