Reply to Ramamurthi and Rahman

Prof. B. Ramamurthi: contributions to Indian neurosurgery (a personal tribute).

A Parrinello–Rahman approach to vortex lattices

We present a framework for studying vortex lattice patterns and their structural transitions, using the Parrinello–Rahman (PR) method for molecular-dynamics (MD) simulations. Assuming an interaction between vortices derived from a Ginzburg–Landau field-theoretic context, we extract the ground-state of a “vortex gas” using the PR-MD technique and find it to be a triangular pattern. Other pattern...

C COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT: RAHMAN and JAHAN

BANGLADESH, WITH AN estimated population of about 111 million, is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. In a predominantly rural economy, with a per capita income of US$ 220 about 48 per cent of rural and 44 per cent of the urban population live below the poverty line defined as 2122 calorie intake per person. Average households spend 59 per cent of their income on food, yet...

In Memoriam: Mizan Rahman

Mizan Rahman was born on September 16, 1932 in East Bengal, India. Mizan studied at the University of Dhaka where he obtained his B.Sc. degree in Mathematics and Physics in 1953 and his M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics in 1954. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Cambridge University in 1958, and an M.A. in Mathematics from Cambridge University in 1963. He was a senior lecturer at the University...

Prof. B. Ramamurthi: the legend and his legacy.

Neurosurgery in India is a post World War II development, resulting from the keen desire of the new rulers of independent India, that the country should keep up with all the modern advances in every field of medicine. Madras, (now called Chennai) has always been regarded a Mecca for medical sciences in the country and has boasted of many a great medical achievement. The Madras Medical College w...