Biography

Kanakanahalli Ramachandra, Indian mathematician (Mandya, Mysore State 18 August 1933 – Bangalore 17 January 2001)

Authored over 200 papers

Considered one of the world’s greatest number theorists in his time

Proved the six exponentials theorem independently of S. Lang 

First to study the fractional moments of the Riemann zeta function

Enunciated many theorems

EPONYMY

Siegel-Ramachandra-Robert elliptic units

Balasubramanian-Ramachandra theorem

Ramachandra kernel