Mathematician:Raj Chandra Bose

Mathematician
Indian American mathematician and statistician best known for his work in design theory, finite geometry and the theory of error-correcting codes.

Invented the notions of partial geometry, strongly regular graph.

Started a systematic study of difference sets to construct symmetric block designs.

Noted with and  for disproving Euler's Conjecture on Orthogonal Latin Squares.

Not to be confused with, after whom the boson was named.

Nationality
Indian

History

 * Born: 19 June 1901 in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, India
 * Died: 31 October 1987 in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Theorems and Definitions

 * Bose-Mesner Algebra (with )
 * BCH Code (with, and independently of )