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

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.

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[Arumugam-1] 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.