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Prof. Manjul Bhargava, a Canadian-American mathematician of Indian origin at Princeton, discovered new 'composition laws' that extend a 200-year-old idea of Gauss. He often credits ancient Indian mathematics and Sanskrit poetry as inspirations.
Key contributions
- New higher composition laws extending Gauss
- Fields Medal (2014)
- Fellow of the Royal Society (2019); Padma Bhushan (2015)