A. A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar (1892–1953) was a mathematician from India. He got his M.A. in Mathematics at the age of 18 from Pachaiyappa's College and subsequently started teaching mathematics there. In 1918, he joined the mathematics department of the University of Mysore and retired from there in 1947. He was born in a Tamil Brahmin family. He died in June 1953. He is the father of the Kannada poet and scholar A. K. Ramanujan. Works Ayyangar wrote an article on the Chakravala method and showed how the method differs from the method of continued fractions. He recounted that this point was missed by André Weil, who thought that the Chakravala method was only an "experimental fact" to the Indians and attributed general proofs to Pierre de Fermat and Joseph-Louis Lagrange. Professor Subhash Kak of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge first noted that Ayyangar's presentations of Indian works were unique, and was instrumental in bringing it to the notice of the scientific community. References External links Brief life and some papers 1892 births 1953 deaths 20th-century Indian mathematicians Academic staff of the University of Mysore Scientists from Karnataka