Dr. Sunil Kumar Prajapati
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Basic Sciences
IIT-BBS Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
India
Biography
Research Representation Theory of p-groups, Frobenius groups and General linear groups Interests GL(n, q). Quasipermuation Representation of finite groups, Brauer Character. Academic appointment Visiting Faculty, School of Basic Sciences (Mathematics), IIT Bhubaneswar, July, 2017-present. Postdoctoral Research Experience Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, September, 2016-June, 2017. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Postdoctoral Fellow, Einstein Institute of Mathematics, October, 2014-August, 2016. Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore, Karnataka, India NBHM Postdoctoral Fellow, Stat Math Unit, July 2013-September 2014. Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore, Karnataka, India Visiting Scientist, Stat Math Unit, April 2013-June 2013. Education Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India Ph.D., Department of Mathematics, 2013. • Thesis Title: Frobenius-Schur Indicator and Gel’fand Character • Advisor: Dr Ritumoni Sarma • Area of Study: Character Theory of finite groups Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India M.Sc., Department of Mathematics, June 2005 University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India B.Sc. (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry), June 2003
Research Interest
Algebra
Publications
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Mark L. Lewis and S. K. Prajapati, On the existence of Johnson polynomials for nilpotent groups, Algebra Representation Theory, 18(1) (2015), 205-213.
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S.K. Prajapati and B. Sury, On the Total Character of Finite Groups, Int. J. Group Theory, 3(3) (2014) 47-67.
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S.K. Prajapati and R. Sarma, On the solution of x k = g in a Finite Group, B. Korean Math. Soc., 50(2) (2013) 697-704.
