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 ...

operator algebra In functional analysis, a branch of mathematics, an operator algebra is an algebra of continuous linear operators on a topological vector space, with the multiplication given by the composition of mappings. The results obtained in the study o ...

s and

functional analysis Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure (for example, Inner product space#Definition, inner product, Norm (mathematics ...

in general. In 1996, he was awarded the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology Shanti or Shanthi may refer to: In Sanskrit * Inner peace, a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress * Kshanti, one of the paramitas of B ...

, 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 algebra In mathematics, a von Neumann algebra or W*-algebra is a *-algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space that is closed in the weak operator topology and contains the identity operator. It is a special type of C*-algebra. Von Neumann al ...

s. 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 Gisbo ...

, an operator algebraist, who has received the

Fields Medal The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of Mathematicians, International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place e ...

.Professor Sunder
at the

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. He received a Doctor of Philosophy from

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana Univer ...

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