Radha Charan Gupta (born 1935 in Gursarai Jhansi, in present-day Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian historian of mathematics.

Early life of Radha Charan Gupta

Gupta graduated from the University of Lucknow, where he made his bachelor's degree in 1955 and his master's degree in 1957. He earned his Ph.D. in the history of mathematics from Ranchi University in 1971.Awarding of the K.O. May Prize
from International Mathematical Union He did his dissertation work at Ranchi University with the historian of Indian mathematics

T.A. Sarasvati Amma T. A. Sarasvati Amma (Tekkath Amayankottukurussi Kalathil Sarasvati, also spelled as T. A. Saraswathi Amma; 26 December 1918 – 15 August 2000) was a scholar born in Cherpulassery, Palakkad District, Kerala, India. She has contributed to the ...

. Then he served as a lecturer at Lucknow Christian College (from 1957 to 1958) and in 1958 he joined

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra) is a public deemed institute in Jharkhand, India. It was established in 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi, by the industrialist B. M. Birla. The institute was later headed by G. P. Birla, and the presen ...

. In 1982 he was awarded a full professorship. He retired in 1995 as the Emeritus Professor of the history of mathematics and logic. He became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in February 1995.

Works

In 1969 Gupta addressed

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in Indian mathematics. He wrote on Govindasvamin and his interpolation of sine tables. Furthermore, he contributed an article on the work of Paramesvara: "Paramesvara's rule for the circumradius of a cyclic quadrilateral".

Notable awards

In 1991 he was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, and in 1994 he became President of the Association of Mathematics Teachers of India. In 1979 he founded the magazine '' Ganita Bharati''. In 2009 he was awarded the Kenneth O. May Prize alongside the British mathematician

Ivor Grattan-Guinness Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness (23 June 1941 – 12 December 2014) was a historian of mathematics and logic. Life Grattan-Guinness was born in Bakewell, England; his father was a mathematics teacher and educational administrator. He gained his bac ...

. He is notably the first Indian to get this prize. In 2023, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contributions in the field of literature and education.

References

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