One of the most amazing and wonderful mathematicians of all time is Srinivasa
Ramanujan. He provides a shining example for each of us in at least two
important ways. First, his magical genius has provided mathematicians for
the last one hundred years with wonderful research directions that have greatly
enriched our understanding of many areas of Mathematics. Second, he has
shown us that someone born in poverty can achieve success beyond our wildest
dreams. The world is a better place because he lived”.
This article is on the life and works of
Dr. Kalam as a student, a teacher, a team
leader, the President of India and above
all a great visionary. It is also expected to
be a sequel to the one entitled ‘A meeting
with the missile man’
The concept of convex extendability is introduced to answer the problem of finding the smallest
distance convex simple graph containing a given tree. A problem of similar type with respect
to minimal path convexity is also discussed.