Vaikalathur Shankar Sunder (born 6 April 1952) is an Indian mathematician who specialises in

subfactor In the theory of von Neumann algebras, a subfactor of a factor M is a subalgebra that is a factor and contains 1 . The theory of subfactors led to the discovery of the Jones polynomial in knot theory. Index of a subfactor Usually M is taken ...

s, operator algebras and

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in general. In 1996, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category. Sunder is one of the first Indian operator algebraists. In addition to publishing about sixty papers, he has written six books including at least three monographs at the graduate level or higher on von Neumann algebras. One of the books was co-authored with

Vaughan Jones Sir Vaughan Frederick Randal Jones (31 December 19526 September 2020) was a New Zealand mathematician known for his work on von Neumann algebras and knot polynomials. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1990. Early life Jones was born in Gisb ...

, an operator algebraist, who has received the

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.Professor Sunder
at the Mathematics Genealogy Project. He received a Doctor of Philosophy from

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, or simply Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana University and, with ...

in 1977.

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Indian National Science Academy databaseV.S. Sunder
1952 births Living people 20th-century Indian mathematicians Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Science IIT Madras alumni Indiana University Bloomington alumni Academic staff of the Indian Statistical Institute {{India-mathematician-stub