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shreeram left -rrb- , michael artin in the background , at abhyankar montreal , canada in 1970 . -lrb- right -rrb- with alexander grothendieck -lrb- oscar zariski , 02 november 2012 west lafayette , indiana , usa ujjain , india united states mathematics purdue university 22 july 1930 abhyankar -- moh theorem 's conjecture , abhyankar 's lemma , abhyankar chauvenet prize -lrb- 1978 -rrb- abhyankar grothendieck.jpg shreeram shankar abhyankar
 shreeram shankar abhyankar university of mumbai harvard university
shreeram shankar abhyankar

shreeram shankar abhyankar -lrb- 22 july 1930 - 2 november 2012 -rrb- was an indian american mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry .
he , at the time of his death , held the marshall distinguished professor of mathematics chair at purdue university , and was also a professor of computer science and industrial engineering .
he is known for abhyankar 's conjecture of finite group theory .
his latest research was in the area of computational and algorithmic algebraic geometry .
