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Berndt, Bruce C.
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Dates of existence
1939
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Bruce Carl Berndt (born 13 March 1939) is an American mathematician renowned for his contributions to analytic number theory and for his pioneering work on the legacy of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. As Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Berndt devoted decades to editing, proving, and publishing Ramanujan’s previously unpublished results, culminating in the acclaimed five-volume series Ramanujan’s Notebooks. His meticulous scholarship not only preserved Ramanujan’s work but also integrated it into modern mathematics, earning him global recognition as the foremost authority on Ramanujan’s mathematical contributions.