Daya-Nand Verma
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Daya-Nand Verma is a mathematician retired from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
. The Verma module
s are named after him. He was one of Nathan Jacobson
's students at Yale University
.
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is a research institution in India dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is located at Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai...
. The Verma module
Verma module
Verma modules, named after Daya-Nand Verma, are objects in the representation theory of Lie algebras, a branch of mathematics.The definition of a Verma module looks complicated, but Verma modules are very natural objects, with useful properties...
s are named after him. He was one of Nathan Jacobson
Nathan Jacobson
Nathan Jacobson was an American mathematician....
's students at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
.
Select publications
- Verma N., Structure of certain induced representations of complex semisimple Lie algebras, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 74 (1968)