E. Sampathkumar

E. Sampathkumar
Born	(1936-06-10) 10 June 1936 (age 88) Mallur
Died	11 August 2024(2024-08-11) (aged 88) Mysore
Citizenship	Indian
Alma mater	Central College of Bangalore University, Karnataka University
Occupation	Professor of Mathematics
Scientific career
Fields	Graph Theory
Institutions	Karnatak University, University of Mysore
Doctoral advisor	C. N. S. Iyengar
Website	http://www.tce.edu/events/ncdma07/Sampathkumar.pdf

E. Sampathkumar (10 June 1936 - 11 August 2024) was a professor emeritus[1] of graph theory from University of Mysore. He has contributed to domination number, bipartite double cover, and reconstruction theory, as well as other areas of graph theory. He was chairman of the department of mathematics of the Karnataka university, Dharwar[2] and the University of Mysore (1992–95).[3]

Born and raised in Mallur village, Channapatna Taluk, Ramanagaram (District), outside of Bangalore, he earned a M.Sc. (1955) in mathematics from Central College of Bangalore University, and a Ph.D. (1965) in mathematics (Some studies in Boolean algebra) from the Karnataka University, Dharwar. He was a lecturer at the department of mathematics Karnatak College, Dharwar (1960–65), and then professor at the department of mathematics, Karnatak University, Dharwar (1966–1988). After retiring in 1996 from Mysore University (1989–96), he worked for the Department of Science and Technology (India) as a principal investigator on several projects in graph theory. He was head at DOS in Mathematics, University of Mysore (1992–1995).

He was hospitalised for a lung infection on August 10, 2024, and died the following morning.

Contributions

E. Sampathkumar was the first person in India to teach Graph Theory as a subject in an Indian university.[4] He introduced it as a special paper in 1970-71 for MSc Mathematics students at Karnatak University, Dharwad. Per Google Scholar, his H-index was 21 and he had over 1500 citations.[5] Since 2005, his birthday, June 10, is celebrated as Graph Theory day in India.[6]

References

1. "The mathematics genealogy - E. Sampathkumar". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
2. Karnataka University Archived 13 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Mathematics". University of Mysore. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
4. "The Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Applications". The Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Applications. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
5. "Prof. E. Sampathkumar". Retrieved 9 March 2018.
6. "The Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Applications". The Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Applications e. Retrieved 9 March 2018.