Posts Tagged ‘2012’

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Endre Szemeredi wins Abel Prize 2012

Endre Szemerédi (born August 21, 1940) is a Hungarian mathematician, working in the field of combinatorics and theoretical computer science. He has been the State of New Jersey Professor of computer science at Rutgers University since 1986. Szemerédi has won numerous prizes in mathematics and science, including, most notably, the Abel Prize in 2012. He has also made a number of key discoveries in [...]

Published by on March 30th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
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Approximations to Pi by the Kerala School of Mathematics

  Estimating the value of (the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle) has been the favourite pass time of mathematicians from antiquity to the modern age. Most of the mathematicians in the ancient days used the procedure of inscribing and circumscribing the circle by polygons of a large number of sides and [...]

Published by on March 14th, 2012 at 12:03 am
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Indian National Mathematical Olympiad 2012

  The Indian National Mathematical Olympiad 2012 was held on 5th February, 2012 at various centres all over the country. The North East had three centres at Guwahati, Shillong and Agartala. The questions  are given below: 1. Let be a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle. Suppose and subtends degrees at center of circle . Find [...]

Published by on February 11th, 2012 at 05:02 pm
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TIFR PhD Entrance 2012 Question paper

  The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) conducts  a graduate programme leading to the award of PhD degree in certain subjects.  The 2012 Mathematics question paper can be found here. We had also earlier posted the 2011 question paper here.

Published by on December 16th, 2011 at 11:12 pm