Prof. U. B. Tewari Distinguished Lecture Series in Mathematics
Prof. U.B. Tewari Distinguished lecture series honors the legacy of Prof. U.B. Tewari (popularly known as UBT), a distinguished mathematician who played a pivotal role in shaping the Department of Mathematics at IIT Kanpur, particularly in the area of Analysis. After completing his bachelor's and master's degrees from Lucknow University, he joined IIT Kanpur in 1964 as a PhD student and later pursued his doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley under Prof. Henry Helson, a leading expert in Harmonic Analysis, earning his PhD in 1969. He returned to IIT Kanpur in 1970 as a faculty member and rose to the position of Professor. Prof. Tewari was known for his inspiring and rigorous teaching, which helped generations of students grasp complex mathematical concepts. He established the Harmonic Analysis school at IITK and fostered collaboration with leading mathematicians across institutes. His contributions earned him several prestigious honors, including the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Meghnad Saha Award, and Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Prof. U. B. Tewari Distinguished Lecture Series in Mathematics. was instituted by the family, friends, and former students of Prof. U. B. Tewari.
Past Speaker
Prof. Pertti Mattila
Prof. Pertti Mattila spoke on 'Applications of the Fourier transform to Hausdorff dimension' from November 7-11, 2024. He is a Finnish mathematician and a leading figure in geometric measure theory and fractal geometry. His books "Geometry of Sets and Measures in Euclidean Spaces: Fractals and Rectifiability" and "Fourier Analysis and Hausdorff Dimension" are widely cited.
Prof. Pertti Mattila obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Helsinki in 1973. He has received several awards and honors for his work, including the Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation Prize (2000), given by Finnish Society of Science and Letters.
Prof. Guido Kings
Prof. Guido Kings spoke on the topic "Special values of Hecke L-functions and equivariant cohomology". He is an eminent mathematician specializing in number theory and arithmetic geometry. His research focuses on the arithmetic of motives and L-functions, with a special interest in the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture (BSD) is one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems. He is also widely recognized for his influential work on Iwasawa theory and polylogarithms. Prof. Kings has received numerous honours, including the Frontiers of Science Award for his joint paper on Eisenstein-Kronecker classes. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (2002) and is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.