The Work of C. P. Ramanujam in Algebraic Geometry

IT wAs a stimulating experience to know and collaborate with C. P. Ramanujam. He loved mathematics and he was always ready to take up a new thread or to pursue an old one with infectious enthusiasm. He was equally ready to discuss a problem with a first year student or a colleague, to work through an elementary point or to puzzle over a deep problem. On the other hand, he had very high standards. He felt the spirit of mathematics demanded of him not merely routine developments but the right theorem on any given topic. He wanted mathematics to be beautiful and to be clear and simple. He was sometimes tormented by the difficulty of these high standards, but, in retrospect, it is clear to us how often he succeeded in adding to our knowledge, results both new, beautiful and with a genuinely original stamp.