22 Dec On Ramanujan’s 133rd Birth Anniversary: Famous constants related to Srinivasa Ramanujan
1. Almost Integer (Ramanujan’s Constant) Ramanujan’s constant is the transcendental number , which is an almost integer, in that it is very close to an integer: This number was discovered in...
20 Sep Webinar: The Circle Method: 102 Not Out by Dr. Kaneenika Sinha (IISER Pune)
Gonit Sora is organizing a webinar to be delivered by Dr. Kaneenika Sinha of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. The details are given below. Date: 27 September, 2020 (Sunday)...
10 Aug Webinar: Andrews’ approach to conjecture the Rogers-Ramanujan identities by Dr. Gaurav Bhatnagar (Ashoka University)
Gonit Sora is organizing a webinar on number theory to be delivered by Dr. Gaurav Bhatnagar of Ashoka University. The details are given below. Date: 16 August 2020 (Sunday) Time: 2.30...
16 Mar Freeman Dyson: A Tribute
To claim to write an obituary of Freeman Dyson would be laughable at best and foolish at worst because as the great Edward Witten, Dyson’s colleague at IAS, himself stated, “His...
08 Feb The blackened coarse elbow of Ramanujan
Almost every reader would probably know about the great mathematicians Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 – 1920). Here we would like to tell the story of an incident which we believe not many...
30 Apr Digital Communication and Scientific Progress: The Issues Underneath the Surface
The major scientific and mathematical [1] progresses that are made, are first reported in academic journals, and if something catchy and news-worthy appears then it captures the public imagination via numerous blogs,...
29 Sep An Interview with Cedric Villani: 2010 Fields Medalist
Cédric Villani is a French mathematician, who was awarded the Fields Medal (considered to be the highest prize in mathematics) in 2010. He is currently Director of Institut Henri Poincaré and also...
27 Aug The Man Who Knew Infinity: Movie Review
It is very difficult to write an objective review when the subject is a movie based on the biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Nonetheless, I shall try to give an overview of...
25 Jun Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture: Book Review
Apostolos Doxiadis’ novel ‘Uncle Petros and Goldbach’s Conjecture’ has been in my to-read list for a long time. Recently, I had the pleasure of reading this short novel based on Goldbach’s...
29 Feb Marcus du Sautoy: Interview
Professor Marcus du Sautoy is the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. Formerly a Fellow of All Souls College,...
25 Nov Anti-Dühring: 1+2+3+4+…
Anti-Dühring is a book by Friedrich Engels published in 1878. It is a defense of Marxism from Eugen Dühring’s vision of socialism. It contains interesting scientific references as well, which is...