Mizan Rahman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mizan Rahman

Bangladeshi mathematician and writer

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1932

Place of Birth: Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 05-Jan-2015

Profession: writer, mathematician

Nationality: Pakistan, Bangladesh

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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.