New Delhi: Radha Charan Gupta has been chosen to be awarded the Kenneth O. May Prize for the History of Mathematics for his work on the history of development of trigonometry in India.
A retired mathematics professor, Gupta, is the first Indian to receive the award, which will be conferred at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Hyderabad during August 19-27, being held in India for the first time.
Named after mathematician and historian Kenneth O. May, founder of the International Commission for the History of Mathematics and instituted in 1989, the award consists of a bronze medal and is given once in four years in recognition of a mathematician's scholarly work in the field.
The nine-day ICM meet will be attended by around 3,000 delegates from across the globe and will be inaugurated by President Pratibha Patil.
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