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The Monk Who is Sold on Geometry: An Interview with Mahan Maharaj
Professor Mahan Mj is a young geometric topologist at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, who combines an esoteric career as a research mathematician and teacher with that of a monk. He belongs to the monastic order, Ramakrishna Mission, founded in 1897 by Swami Vivekanda, a renowned Hindu philosopher. He is currently a Professor in the [...]
Pi quiz
1. Mathematician Irving Kaplansky has given music to only one song in his entire professional career, which was written by Enid Rieser and became quite popular in the last decade. What was the song? 2. For what folly will the House Bill No. 246 of the Indiana State Assembly infamous in mathematical history? 3. [...]
এটা অতুলনীয় অনুপাত : φ (ফাই)
সমাপ্ত দশমিক বা (অসমাপ্ত) পৌনঃপুনিক দশমিক হিচাপে প্ৰকাশ কৰিব নোৱাৰা সংখ্যাবোৰেই হ’ল অপৰিমেয় সংখ্যা। তেনেধৰণৰ অতি চিনাকি অপৰিমেয় সংখ্যা এটা হ’ল (পাই) যাৰ মোটামুটি মান ৩.১৪১৬...। এই প্ৰবন্ধটিত আমি অন্য এটা অপৰিমেয় সংখ্যাৰ কথা আলোচনা কৰিব খুজিছোঁ। ইয়াক গ্ৰীক আখৰ (ফাই)ৰে বুজোৱা হয়। বৃত্তৰ পৰিধি আৰু ব্যাসৰ অনুপাতেই হ’ল আমাৰ চিনাকি অপৰিমেয় সংখ্যা । [...]
গাণিতিক জীৱবিজ্ঞান বা জৈৱ-গণিত (Mathematical Biology or Bio-mathematics)
আমাৰ দেশত সৰহভাগ অভিভাৱক আৰু ছাত্ৰ-ছাত্ৰীৰ মাজতে এটা ধাৰণা প্ৰচলিত আছে যে জীৱবিজ্ঞান অধ্যয়নৰ বাবে গণিতৰ জ্ঞান অপৰিহাৰ্য্য নহয় | গতিকে গণিত বিষয়ত ভাল ফল দেখুৱাব নোৱাৰা ছাত্ৰ-ছাত্ৰীক সাধাৰণতে জীৱবিজ্ঞানৰ যিকোনো শাখাত অধ্যয়ন আৰু উচ্চ শিক্ষা গ্ৰহণৰ পৰামৰ্শ দিয়া হয় | কিন্তু এই ধাৰণাৰ বিপৰীতে আজি আমি জীৱবিজ্ঞানৰ যিটো শাখাৰ বিষয়ে আলোচনা কৰিবলৈ লৈছো, [...]
Real Analysis Textbook: Free Download
Prof. William Trench has made available his book on Real Analysis for free download. The book can be downloaded here. This book was previously published by Pearson Education. This free edition is made available in the hope that it will be useful as a textbook or reference. Reproduction is permitted for any valid noncommercial [...]
Quantum Yang-Mills Theory
[Editor: This is next part in our series of articles on the Millennium Problems.] In classical physics, there were two kinds of entities, material particles governed by Newtonian mechanics and fields governed by appropriate field equations eg Maxwell’s equations for electromagnetic field. However just before and after the beginning of the twentieth century, experimental [...]
A geeky party trick
You are at a friend’s place having good time together, watching TV, maybe playing classic video games, or whatever you are in mood for. Soon it all gets pretty boring. You are in mood for some fun and you want to have a bet with your friend over a game. Imagine a 2-player [...]
Mathematical reasoning and nature of proof
1. Nature of Truth In mathematics we deal with statements that are ``True" or ``False". This is known as the ``Law of Excluded Middle". Despite the fact that multi valued logics are used in computer science, they have no place in mathematical reasoning. 2. Nature of Mathematical Proof A very common question that [...]
Mathematics Exams and Scholarships 2011-2012
Prof. Vijaykumar Ambat of Department of Mathematics, Cochin University of Science and Technology has kindly shared with us a document bearing important details about exams and scholarships available to students. It can be found here for download.
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শ্ৰীনিবাস ৰামানুজন আছিল ভাৰতবৰ্ষৰ এজন শীৰ্ষস্থানীয় গণিতজ্ঞ | মাদ্ৰাজৰ পৰা প্ৰায় ৪০০ কিলোমিটাৰ নিলগত থকা ইৰোড নামৰ এখন সৰু গাৱঁত ৰামানুজনৰ জন্ম হৈছিল | তেওঁৰ বয়স এবছৰ হওঁতে মাকে তেওঁক কুম্বকুনাম নামৰ এখন সৰু চহৰলৈ লৈ যায়, য’ত তেওঁৰ দেউতাকে এখন কাপোৰৰ দোকানত এজন কেৰাণী হিচাবে কাম কৰিছিল | ১৮৮৯ চনৰ ডিচেম্বৰ মাহৰ ৰামানুজন [...]
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