Bhoj Raj Seth

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Seth, B.R (1939). "Two Dimensional Potential Problems Connected with Rectilinear Boundaries". Allahabad Law Journal Press. India. [12] [13]
  • Seth, B. R. (1963). Fifty Years of Science in India: Progress of Mathematics. India: Indian Science Congress Association.
  • Seth, B.R (1970). "Aelotropic Yield Condition: Transition Problems of Aelotropic Yield and Creep Rupture". International Centre for Mechanical Sciences. Vienna: Springer. 47. doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-2818-3_2.
  • Seth, B. (1972). Creep Transition in Cylinders: Course Held at the Department for Mechanics of Deformable Bodies June – July 1972. Austria: Springer Vienna. [14]
  • Seth, B. R. (1975). Transition Problems of Aelotropic Yield and Creep Rupture: Course Held at the Department for Mechanics of Deformable Bodies, September - October 1970. Austria: Springer Vienna. ISBN   9783211810798
  • Awards and honors

    He was a recipient of the Leonard Euler Gold Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1958) and the Dr. B. C. Roy Award (1977). [15]

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    Notes

    1. Bhutan has been cited by sources as the birth place of Seth but the correct name is Bhure, a city in India.

    Citations

    1. Bertram 2021, p. 104.
    2. "Speaker: Dr. Kiran Seth". Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024. ...He was born on 27th April, 1949. His father, Bhojraj Seth, was a mathematician and the first professor at the IIT Kharagpur.
    3. 1 2 Mukherji 2022, p. 104.
    4. Mukherji 2022, p. 105.
    5. Mukherji 2022, p. 103.
    6. Nambudiripad 2017, p. 1-10.
    7. "BHOJ RAJ SETH" (PDF). IIT Kharagpur.
    8. Journal of Science and Engineering Research. (1964). India: Indian Institute of Technology.
    9. Mukherji 2022, p. 109.
    10. "Bhoj Raj Seth | Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
    11. INSA 1990, p. 143.
    12. Poritsky, H. (July 1942). "Review: B. R. Seth, Two-Dimensional Potential Problems Connected with Rectilinear Boundaries". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 48 (7): 510. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1942-07700-7. ISSN   0002-9904.
    13. Seth, Bhoj Raj (1939). Two Dimensional Potential Problems Connected with Rectilinear Boundaries. Allahabad law journal Press.
    14. Seth, Bhoi Raj (1972). "Creep Transition in Cylinders". SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-2955-5. ISBN   978-3-211-81170-2.
    15. Gaṇita Bhāratī. India: Indian Society for History of Mathematics. 1979. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

    Sources

    • Mukherji, P. (2022). Notable Modern Indian Mathematicians and Statisticians: During the 19th and 20th Centuries of Bengal. South Korea: Springer Nature Singapore. ISBN   9789811961328.
    • Nambudiripad, K. (2017). Advanced Mechanics of Solids. India: Alpha Science International Limited. ISBN   9781783324231.
    • Bertram, A. (2021). Elasticity and Plasticity of Large Deformations: Including Gradient Materials. Germany: Springer International Publishing. ISBN   9783030723286.
    • INSA (1990). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy. India.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

    Further reading

    • Altenbach, H. (2018). Kontinuumsmechanik: Einführung in die materialunabhängigen und materialabhängigen Gleichungen. Germany: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN   9783662575048
    • Chattopadhyay, A. (2002). Biographical Dictionary of Indian Scientists: From Ancient to Contemporary. India: Rupa & Company. ISBN   9788171676699
    • Numerical Methods For Scientific And Engineering Computation. (2003). India: New Age International (P) Limited. ISBN   9788122414615
    Bhoj Raj Seth
    Born(1907-08-27)27 August 1907
    Bhura, Panjab, Delhi
    Died12 December 1979(1979-12-12) (aged 72)
    NationalityIndian
    Occupations
    • professor emeritus
    • lecturer
    • writer
    • vice chancellor
    Employer IIT Delhi
    Children Kiran Seth (son)
    Academic background
    Education
    Alma mater
    Thesis Finite Strain in Elastic Problems  (1935)
    Doctoral advisor Louis Napoleon George Filon