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Mizan Rahman

Mizan Rahman

September 16, 1932 –January 5, 2015

Mathematician, Writer

Lived 82 years

Born in
Dhaka
Passed away in
Ottawa

Mizan Rahman (September 16, 1932 – January 5, 2015) was a Bangladeshi Canadian mathematician and writer. He specialized in fields of mathematics such as hypergeometric series and orthogonal polynomials. He also had interests encompassing literature, philosophy, scientific skepticism, freethinking and rationalism. He co-authored Basic Hypergeometric Series with George Gasper. This book is widely considered as the standard work of choice for that subject of study. He also published ten Bengali books.

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