2026 Srinivasa Varadhan: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	45	1413	1216	623	495	153	19351

Research.com Recognitions

2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2010 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his work in probability theory, especially his work on large deviations from expected random behavior, which has revolutionized this field of study during the second half of the twentieth century and become a cornerstone of both pure and applied probability. The mathematical insights he developed have been applied in diverse fields including quantum field theory, population dynamics, finance, econometrics, and traffic engineering.", Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on Friday, October 21, 2011.
2009 - SIAM Fellow For advances in probability theory, including the study of large deviations.
2007 - Abel Prize For his fundamental contributions to probability theory and in particular for creating a unified theory of large deviation
2005 - Member of the European Academy of Sciences
2005 - Wald Memorial Lecturer
1998 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
1996 - Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
1988 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
1988 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1969 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Srinivasa Varadhan is affiliated with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of mathematics and physics and astronomy, with significant contributions to both disciplines.

The main fields of study for this scientist include:

Mathematics (13 publications)
Physics and Astronomy (7 publications)

Within these areas, their work focuses on several subfields, notably:

Mathematical Physics (7 publications)
Applied Mathematics (4 publications)
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (3 publications)
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (3 publications)
Finance (2 publications)

The main research topics covered in their work include:

Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (6 publications)
Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics (4 publications)
Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics (4 publications)
Stochastic processes and financial applications (4 publications)
Algebraic and Geometric Analysis (4 publications)
Quantum Mechanics and Applications (4 publications)
Mathematical Analysis and Transform Methods (4 publications)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Srinivasa Varadhan include:

Identification of the Polaron measure in strong coupling and the Pekar variational formula, 2020, The Annals of Probability
Corrigendum and Addendum: Identification of the Polaron Measure I: Fixed Coupling Regime and the Central Limit Theorem for Large Times, 2022, Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics
Recollections of V. S. Varadarajan, 2020, Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Effective Mass of the Fröhlich Polaron and the Landau-Pekar-Spohn Conjecture, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
Atypical behaviors of a tagged particle in asymmetric simple exclusion, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

Chiranjib Mukherjee
V. C. Joshua
Vladimir Vishnevsky
Don Blasius
Trond Digernes

Publications are often found in notable venues such as:

arXiv (Cornell University) with 2 publications
The Annals of Probability with 1 publication
Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics with 1 publication
Notices of the American Mathematical Society with 1 publication

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, with titles including:

Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes (2020), published by Springer International Publishing
Harmonic Analysis (2022), published by American Mathematical Society

Awards and recognitions received by Srinivasa Varadhan include:

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
US President's National Medal of Science (2010) presented by President Barack H. Obama, recognizing work in probability theory and its applications across various fields
SIAM Fellow (2009)
Abel Prize (2007) for contributions to probability theory and large deviation theory
Member of the European Academy of Sciences (2005)
Wald Memorial Lecturer (2005)
Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1998)
Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research (1996)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1995)
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1988)
Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (1988)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1984)
Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1969)

Best Publications

Multidimensional Diffusion Processes

Daniel W. Stroock;Srinivasa R. S. Varadhan

3169
Citations
Asymptotic evaluation of certain Markov process expectations for large time—III

M. D. Donsker;S. R. S. Varadhan

1957
Citations
Asymptotic evaluation of certain Markov process expectations for large time

Unknown

1571
Citations
Large Deviations and Applications

Srinivasa R. S. Varadhan

1289
Citations
Central limit theorem for additive functionals of reversible Markov processes and applications to simple exclusions

C. Kipnis;S. R. S. Varadhan

1272
Citations
The principal eigenvalue and maximum principle for second-order elliptic operators in general domains

H. Berestycki;L. Nirenberg;S. R. S. Varadhan

822
Citations
On the Support of Diffusion Processes with Applications to the Strong Maximum Principle

Daniel W. Stroock;S. R. S. Varadhan

783
Citations
Asymptotics for the wiener sausage

M. D. Donsker;S. R. S. Varadhan

628
Citations
Asymptotic probabilities and differential equations

S. R. S. Varadhan

597
Citations
Nonlinear diffusion limit for a system with nearest neighbor interactions

M. Z. Guo;G. C. Papanicolaou;S. R. S. Varadhan

528
Citations
Diffusion processes with continuous coefficients, I

Daniel W. Stroock;S. R. S. Varadhan

480
Citations
Diffusion processes with boundary conditions

Daniel W. Stroock;Srinivasa Varadhan

415
Citations
On the number of distinct sites visited by a random walk

M. D. Donsker;S. R. S. Varadhan

368
Citations
Hydrodynamics and large deviation for simple exclusion processes

C. Kipnis;S. Olla;S. R. S. Varadhan

367
Citations
Diffusion processes in a small time interval

S. R. S. Varadhan

366
Citations
On the behavior of the fundamental solution of the heat equation with variable coefficients

Unknown

313
Citations
Brownian motion in a wedge with oblique reflection

S. R. S. Varadhan;R. J. Williams

271
Citations
Asymptotics for the polaron

M. D. Donsker;S. R. S. Varadhan

258
Citations
The large deviation principle for the Erdős-Rényi random graph

Sourav Chatterjee;S. R. S. Varadhan

240
Citations
On a variational formula for the principal eigenvalue for operators with maximum principle

Monroe D. Donsker;S. R. S. Varadhan

235
Citations
Hydrodynamical limit for a Hamiltonian system with weak noise

S. Olla;S. R. S. Varadhan;H. T. Yau

213
Citations
Large deviations for random walks in a random environment

S. R. S. Varadhan

150
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel W. Stroock MIT

Stefano Olla Paris Dauphine University

Claudio Landim Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada

K. R. Parthasarathy Indian Statistical Institute

Ofer Zeitouni Weizmann Institute of Science

George Papanicolaou Stanford University

Yuri Kifer Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Amir Dembo Stanford University

Horng-Tzer Yau Harvard University

Louis Nirenberg Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences

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