Fields' Medal A mathematical marvel: Manjul Bhargava Dr. Anupam Saikia profiles prodigious mathematical talent of Indian origin, Manjul Bhargava, who was named a recipient of this year’s Fields Medal, the highest honour in mathematics. This article was published in the Horizon supplement of The Assam Tribune on 10th October 2014 and has been reproduced here verbatim
Downloads Questions on Sets, Relations and Functions Source : Shutterstock. Sets, Relations and Functions are of utmost importance in the study of mathematics. Most of the students find these topics difficult and hence they tend to avoid studying these in Higher Secondary level. As a result they face a lot of conceptual problems in degree classes. I have
cardinality Infinity Comparision What is infinity? Is it a number or just another mathematical definition to fit our purpose? But then what are numbers? It is pointless asking such questions. The answers are some philosophical thoughts. Then how do we deal with them whenever they arise? Well one question which occured in the
Book Reviews Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The art of writing a scientific biography is a very difficult one and has been mastered by very few writers so far. The task becomes all the more difficult if the subject is somewhat controversial and non-conventional. However, all these factors didn’t deter Rbecca Skloot in her fabulous attempt
Andrew Strominger ICTP announces 2014 Dirac medalists ICTP has awarded its 2014 Dirac Medal to Ashoke Sen (India), Andrew Strominger (USA) and Gabriele Veneziano (Italy), three physicists who have made crucial contributions to the origin, development and further understanding of string theory. Ashoke Sen is a professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) in Allahabad, India, whose
ICTP 2014 ICTP Ramanujan Prize goes to Miguel Walsh Miguel Walsh The ICTP Ramanujan Prize has been awarded since 2005 to mathematicians below the age of 45 from developing countries who have made a fundamental contribution to mathematics at an early age. It was originally instituted by ICTP, the Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund, and the International Mathematical Union
Applications Mathematics, the Big Picture This article is intended mainly for those people who mistakenly take into consideration the fact that mathematics is all about calculating. Well mathematics is more about how to avoid calculations and make life easier. Yes at times calculations are performed but they are not mathematics but just a part of
Representation Theory Multiplicity Free Restrictions of Symmetric Groups: Invited Expository Article We are pleased to present to our readers an invited expository article titled ‘Multiplicity Free Restrictions of Symmetric Groups’ by Uday Bhaskar Sharma of The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai. Uday is a Senior Research Fellow in the Mathematics Group of IMSc. He has a masters degree in pure
GATE Linear Algebra Questions for NET/GATE Our staff writer, Debashish Sharma has prepared a question set for Linear Algebra questions that appear in NET/GATE exams. The file can be downloaded here.
missing number Find the missing number Find the missing number in the following sequences: 1) 61, 52, 63, 94, __ , 18, 001, 121 [CSIR NET, June, 2014, Mathematical Sciences.] A) 46 B) 70 C) 64 D) 44 2) 4, 2, 6, 8, 14, __ , 36 A) 16 B) 12 C) 22 D) 30 3) 72, 46, __ , 612, 343
Ada Byron আডা বাইৰন (লেডী লাভলে’চ) ফটো উৎস সম্পূৰ্ণ নাম: আগষ্টা আডা বাইৰন, পাছলৈ আগষ্টা আডা কিং জন্ম: ১০ ডিচেম্বৰ, ১৮১৫; লণ্ডন, ইংলেণ্ড মৃত্যু: ২৭ নৱেম্বৰ, ১৮৫২; লণ্ডন, ইংলেণ্ড পিতৃ: লৰ্ড বাইৰন (কবি
Charles Babbage চাৰ্লছ বেবেজ ফটো উৎস জন্ম: ২৬ ডিচেম্বৰ, ১৭৯১; সম্ভৱত: লণ্ডন, ইংলেণ্ড মৃত্যু: ১৮ অক্টোবৰ, ১৮৭১, লণ্ডন, ইংলেণ্ড পিতৃ: বেঞ্জামিন বেবেজ (বেংক ব্যৱসায়ী) মাতৃ: বেট্ছী প্লা
Rachel Carson “নীৰৱ বসন্ত”ৰ কথা কোৱা বিজ্ঞানীগৰাকী স্প্ৰীংডেল, পেন্ছিল্ভেনিয়া। এক সাধাৰণ গ্ৰাম্য পৰিৱেশত, প্ৰকৃতিৰ বুকুত তেনেই সৰলভাৱে জীৱন কটোৱা মাৰিয়া ফ্ৰেজিয়াৰ আৰু ৰবাৰ্
J. B. S. Haldane জে. বি. এছ. হেলডে’ন ফটো উৎস সম্পূৰ্ণ নাম: জন বাৰ্ডন ছেণ্ডাৰছন হেলডে’ন জন্ম: ৫ নৱেম্বৰ, ১৮৯২; অক্সফ’ৰ্ড, ইংলেণ্ড মৃত্যু: ১ ডিচেম্বৰ, ১৯৬৪, ভূৱনেশ্বৰ, ভাৰত পিতৃ: জন স্কট
CSIR-UGC-NET Mathematical Sciences: June 2014 The joint CSIR UGC NET was held on 22nd June 2014 nationwide. The Mathematical Sciences paper can be downloaded here. Please note that some of the answers have been marked in the question paper, but we do not claim that they are the correct answers. For the answers please keep
2011 CSIR-UGC NET Question Papers We are pleased to upload the following question papers and keys of the joint CSIR UGC NET in Mathematical Sciences, held every year twice (June and December). December 2011 Paper June 2012 Paper June 2012 Key December 2012 Paper December 2012 Key June 2013 Paper June 2013 Key The December
AHSEC AHSEC 2014 Question Papers - Part I We are very pleased to announce that we have been able to find the Assam State Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) 2014 question papers for a few subjects, thanks to our team member, Bishal Deb. Here are some of those available for download: Physics (Theory) Computer Science and Applications Alternative
50 questions 50 Multiple Choice Questions Find the correct option: 1) The units digit of the number $$17^{1983}+11^{1983}-7^{1983}$$ is A) 3 B) 1 C) 9 D) 2 2) If $$G$$ is a cyclic group of order 24 and $$a^{2002}=a^n$$ where $$a\in G$$ and $$0 2014 राष्ट्रीय गणित ओलिंपियाड – 2014 समय: चार घंटा फ्ररवरी 02, 2014 निर्देश: • किसी भी तरह कैलकुलेतर तथा चांदा (protractor) के उपयीग की अनुमति नहीं है। • पैमाना (ruler) तथा परकार (compass) उपयीग किये जा सकते हैं। • सभी प् গণিত গণিতৰ দৰে সৰল আৰু নিৰ্মল একোৱে হ’ব নোৱাৰে Art : Tamanna Hassan (Tara), Class IV, Kendriya Vidyalaya CRPF, Nine Mile. numberland Numberland Art : Bedanga Kakaty, Class X. Art : Nilotpal Kakati, HS 2nd year student. Art : Nilotpal Kakati, HS 2nd year student. Art : Nilotpal Kakati, HS 2nd year student. Art : Nilotpal Kakati, HS 2nd year student. Box principle Certainty Problems and The Pigeonhole Principle The pigeonhole principle is one of those simple yet beautiful, widely used theorems with lots of applications. Any high school going kid may understand what the theorem wants to say, yet its beauty baffles and brings excitement in even the most experienced mathematician. Someone has said that mathematics unveils the Abel Abel Laureate 2014 Probably, the first thing that comes to the mind of a mathematics student when he hears Abel is abelian group. This terminology of the special commutative groups is actually a respect to the legendary mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. The adjective “abelian”, derived from his name, has become so common and Commutativity Invited Article: Commutativity and Non-Commutativity in Mathematics Image Source : Shutterstock Dr. Debraj Chakrabarti is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics in Central Michigan University, Mt.Pleasant, USA. He is a very good person, a wonderful teacher and a brilliant mathematician. He had done B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur, India and thereafter he completed his masters and PhD in C. V. Raman National Science Day Hi, dear reader! I am so happy that one more person is going to read my article – Thanks to internet, thanks to computer, thanks to Laptop, Tablet, mobile, electricity. . and the list goes on! We are surrounded by instruments, gadgets, vehicles and what not! You forget to take your mobile ← Newer Posts Page 3 of 6 Older Posts →
2014 राष्ट्रीय गणित ओलिंपियाड – 2014 समय: चार घंटा फ्ररवरी 02, 2014 निर्देश: • किसी भी तरह कैलकुलेतर तथा चांदा (protractor) के उपयीग की अनुमति नहीं है। • पैमाना (ruler) तथा परकार (compass) उपयीग किये जा सकते हैं। • सभी प्
গণিত গণিতৰ দৰে সৰল আৰু নিৰ্মল একোৱে হ’ব নোৱাৰে Art : Tamanna Hassan (Tara), Class IV, Kendriya Vidyalaya CRPF, Nine Mile.
numberland Numberland Art : Bedanga Kakaty, Class X. Art : Nilotpal Kakati, HS 2nd year student. Art : Nilotpal Kakati, HS 2nd year student. Art : Nilotpal Kakati, HS 2nd year student. Art : Nilotpal Kakati, HS 2nd year student.
Box principle Certainty Problems and The Pigeonhole Principle The pigeonhole principle is one of those simple yet beautiful, widely used theorems with lots of applications. Any high school going kid may understand what the theorem wants to say, yet its beauty baffles and brings excitement in even the most experienced mathematician. Someone has said that mathematics unveils the
Abel Abel Laureate 2014 Probably, the first thing that comes to the mind of a mathematics student when he hears Abel is abelian group. This terminology of the special commutative groups is actually a respect to the legendary mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. The adjective “abelian”, derived from his name, has become so common and
Commutativity Invited Article: Commutativity and Non-Commutativity in Mathematics Image Source : Shutterstock Dr. Debraj Chakrabarti is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics in Central Michigan University, Mt.Pleasant, USA. He is a very good person, a wonderful teacher and a brilliant mathematician. He had done B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur, India and thereafter he completed his masters and PhD in
C. V. Raman National Science Day Hi, dear reader! I am so happy that one more person is going to read my article – Thanks to internet, thanks to computer, thanks to Laptop, Tablet, mobile, electricity. . and the list goes on! We are surrounded by instruments, gadgets, vehicles and what not! You forget to take your mobile
