astronomy

Mizan Rahman

Mizan Rahman is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mizan Rahman rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

Key takeaways

Mizan Rahman belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
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Reproduce the core statement of Mizan Rahman from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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.

Education and career Rahman was born and grew up in East Bengal, British India (nowadays Bangladesh). He studied at the University of Dhaka, where he obtained his BSc degree in mathematics and physics in 1953, and his M.Sc. in applied mathematics in 1954. He received a B.A. in mathematics from the University of Cambridge in 1958, and an M.A. in mathematics from the same university in 1963. He was a senior lecturer at the University of Dhaka from 1958 until 1962. Rahman went to the University of New Brunswick of Canada in 1962 and received his Ph.D. in 1965 with a thesis on the kinetic theory of plasma using singular integral equation techniques. After his PhD, he became an assistant professor, later a full professor, at Carleton University, where he spent the rest of his career, after his retirement as a distinguished professor emeritus. He unexpectedly died in Ottawa on January 5, 2015, at the age of 82.

Writing and other activities Apart from his teaching and academic activities, Rahman wrote on various issues, particularly on those related to Bangladesh. He contributed to Internet blogs and various internet e-magazines, mainly in the Bengali language, covering his interests. He was a prolific writer and a regular contributor to Porshi, a Bengali monthly publication based in Silicon Valley, California. He was also the member of the advisory board of the Mukto-Mona, an Internet congregation of freethinkers, rationalists, skeptics, atheists and humanists of mainly Bengali and South Asian descent.

Honors and awards Best Teaching Award (1986) Life-time membership in the Bharat Ganita Parishad (Indian Mathematical Society) Fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (2002) Award of Excellence from Bangladesh Publications (Ottawa) (1996)

Books English

Basic Hypergeometric Series (co-author) Special Functions, q-Series and Related Topics (co-editor) The Little Garden in the Corner (prose) Bengali

তীর্থ আমার গ্রাম (Tirtha is my village) (1994) লাল নদী (The Red River) (2001) অ্যালবাম (Album) (2002) প্রসঙ্গ নারী (Context - Women) (2002) অনন্যা আমার দেশ (Ananya is my country) (2004) আনন্দ নিকেতন (Ananda Niketan) (2006) দুর্যোগের পূর্বাভাস (Premonition) (2007) শুধু মাটি নয় (Not just soil) (2009) ভাবনার আত্মকথন (Autobiography of thought) (2010) শূন্য (Zero) (2012) শূন্য থেকে মহাবিশ্ব With Avijit Roy(The universe from zero)(2015)

References

External links OP-SF NET 22.1, January 2015. Topic #1: Mizan Rahman 1932–2015 (a short obituary by Martin Muldoon) A photo album in memory of Mizan Rahman (maintained by Tom Koornwinder)

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mizan Rahman

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mizan Rahman claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mizan Rahman before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mizan Rahman ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mizan Rahman

In research: Mizan Rahman appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mizan Rahman in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mizan Rahman is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1932 births, 2015 deaths, Academic staff of Carleton University, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mizan Rahman outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mizan Rahman in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Mizan Rahman matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mizan Rahman?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mizan Rahman.