Vinay V. Deodhar

Vinay Vithal Deodhar (3 December 1948 – 18 January 2015) was a Professor Emeritus with the Department of Mathematics at the Indiana University who worked in the area of algebraic groups and representation theory.[1]

Early life

Deodhar was born in Bombay, India in 1948.[2]

Career

He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai in 1974 for his work On Central Extensions of Rational Points of Algebraic Groups done under the supervision of M. S. Raghunathan.

He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study during 1975-77 and 1992-93.[3][4]

References
  1. "Profile: Vinay Deodhar". Indiana University. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. "Obituary - Vinay Deodhar" (PDF). Indiana University Department of Mathematics Alumni Newsletter. August 2015. p. 9. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  3. "Community of Scholars Profile: Deodhar, Vinay Vithal". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  4. "Professor Vinay Deodhar dies at 66". indiana.edu. 5 February 2015.



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