Indian Contributions to Topology

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Who is considered to be the father of Indian topology?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Bhaskara II


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Bhaskara II, who lived in the 12th century, is credited with developing many important concepts in topology, including the idea of a continuous function and the concept of a topological space.

Which Indian mathematician introduced the concept of the fundamental group?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Narayana Pandit


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Narayana Pandit, who lived in the 14th century, introduced the concept of the fundamental group, which is a fundamental tool in algebraic topology.

Which Indian mathematician developed the theory of knots?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Colin Maclaurin


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Colin Maclaurin, who was born in Scotland but spent most of his life in India, developed the theory of knots in the 18th century.

Which Indian mathematician made significant contributions to the study of homology theory?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. S.S. Shrikhande


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

S.S. Shrikhande, who lived in the 20th century, made significant contributions to the study of homology theory, which is a branch of algebraic topology that deals with the study of topological spaces.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the topology of manifolds?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. C.T.C. Wall


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

C.T.C. Wall, who lived in the 20th century, is known for his work on the topology of manifolds, which are geometric objects that are locally Euclidean.

Which Indian mathematician made significant contributions to the study of knot theory?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. V.K. Patodi


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

V.K. Patodi, who lived in the 20th century, made significant contributions to the study of knot theory, which is a branch of topology that deals with the study of knots.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the topology of 3-manifolds?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. S.K. Donaldson


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

S.K. Donaldson, who lived in the 20th century, is known for his work on the topology of 3-manifolds, which are 3-dimensional topological spaces.

Which Indian mathematician made significant contributions to the study of algebraic topology?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. M.S. Raghunathan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

M.S. Raghunathan, who lived in the 20th century, made significant contributions to the study of algebraic topology, which is a branch of mathematics that deals with the study of topological spaces.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the topology of 4-manifolds?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. R.C. Kirby


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

R.C. Kirby, who lived in the 20th century, is known for his work on the topology of 4-manifolds, which are 4-dimensional topological spaces.

Which Indian mathematician made significant contributions to the study of geometric topology?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. S.P. Novikov


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

S.P. Novikov, who lived in the 20th century, made significant contributions to the study of geometric topology, which is a branch of mathematics that deals with the study of topological spaces.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the topology of knots?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. V.V. Prasolov


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

V.V. Prasolov, who lived in the 20th century, is known for his work on the topology of knots, which is a branch of topology that deals with the study of knots.

Which Indian mathematician made significant contributions to the study of low-dimensional topology?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Michael Freedman


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Michael Freedman, who lived in the 20th century, made significant contributions to the study of low-dimensional topology, which is a branch of mathematics that deals with the study of topological spaces of dimension 3 or less.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the topology of 3-manifolds?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. William Thurston


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

William Thurston, who lived in the 20th century, is known for his work on the topology of 3-manifolds, which are 3-dimensional topological spaces.

Which Indian mathematician made significant contributions to the study of knot theory?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Louis Kauffman


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Louis Kauffman, who lived in the 20th century, made significant contributions to the study of knot theory, which is a branch of topology that deals with the study of knots.

Which Indian mathematician is known for his work on the topology of 4-manifolds?

  1. Srinivasa Ramanujan

  2. Aryabhata

  3. Brahmagupta

  4. Peter Kronheimer


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Peter Kronheimer, who lived in the 20th century, is known for his work on the topology of 4-manifolds, which are 4-dimensional topological spaces.

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