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Chowla

Chowla is a surname of Indian origin commonly found among Punjabi, Hindi-speaking, Gujarati, and other Indian communities, as well as in the Indian diaspora. Like many Indian family names, it may reflect ancestral locality, occupation, or community affiliation, and its precise etymology varies by region and tradition.

In mathematics, the name Chowla is associated with several results attributed to the Indian mathematician S.

The Chowla–Selberg formula is another notable mathematical result named in part for Chowla, developed with Atle

Outside of mathematics, Chowla is used as a family name by individuals in various professions in India

Chowla.
Chowla's
conjecture
refers
to
a
set
of
statements
about
the
correlations
of
arithmetic
functions,
notably
the
Liouville
function.
The
conjectures
propose
that
certain
averages
of
products
of
these
functions
tend
to
zero,
reflecting
a
form
of
randomness
in
multiplicative
functions.
These
conjectures
are
influential
in
analytic
number
theory
and
remain
open
in
general,
with
partial
results
and
conditional
proofs
known.
Selberg.
This
formula
relates
products
of
gamma
values
at
certain
rational
arguments
to
periods
arising
in
the
theory
of
complex
multiplication,
linking
analytic
and
algebraic
aspects
of
number
theory.
and
abroad.
The
surname
appears
in
scholarly,
public,
and
cultural
contexts,
reflecting
its
broader
linguistic
and
regional
roots.
Overall,
Chowla
denotes
both
a
family
name
with
Indian
origins
and
a
small
but
meaningful
footprint
in
mathematical
literature
through
named
conjectures
and
formulas.