D.D. Kosambi: Selected Works in Mathematics and Statistics

Ramakrishna Ramaswamy

Springer India, Mar 8, 2017 - Mathematics - 232 pages

This book fills an important gap in studies on D. D. Kosambi. For the first time, the mathematical work of Kosambi is described, collected and presented in a manner that is accessible to non-mathematicians as well. A number of his papers that are difficult to obtain in these areas are made available here. In addition, there are essays by Kosambi that have not been published earlier as well as some of his lesser known works. Each of the twenty four papers is prefaced by a commentary on the significance of the work, and where possible, extracts from technical reviews by other mathematicians.

About the author

Ram Ramaswamy is professor in the School of Physical Sciences as well as in the School of Computational and Integrative Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He served as the vice-chancellor of the University of Hyderabad during 2011–2015. Professor Ramaswamy’s research interests are in nonlinear science and systems and computational biology, and over the past decade, also in Kosambi’s life and works. He has edited a book of essays by D. D. Kosambi, Adventures Into the Unknown (Three Essays Collective, Gurgaon) that appeared earlier this year.

Bibliographic information

• Title: D.D. Kosambi: Selected Works in Mathematics and Statistics
• Editor: Ramakrishna Ramaswamy
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Springer India, 2017
• ISBN: 8132236742, 9788132236740
• Length: 232 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics / Statistics; Mathematics / Applied; Mathematics / General; Mathematics / Probability & Statistics / General; Medical / Biostatistics