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
Interview Experiences at a PhD Interview at TIFR-CAM This is the record of my interview held at TIFR Bangalore on 20th March’14 for Integrated program in Mathematics. So this was my second time at TIFR Bangalore ,last year I could not get through! This time I prepared much harder, mainly I did Real Analysis and I had
IISc Bangalore Experiences at an PhD interview at IISc Bangalore This is the record of my interview at IISc Bangalore for Integrated PhD program in Mathematics which took place on 28th May. So I was called at 2pm there and since I was 10th on the list my turn came at 6pm , I was little nervous and excited too. So
Interview Experiences at an NBHM MSc Scholarship Interview Hi, this is record of my Interview held in month of Nov’13 for NBHM MSc Scholarship. After clearing the written exam held in Sept’13 I was called to appear for Interview at Punjab University. The written exam was easy and I did all problems in Analysis , and I
Cryptography RSA: The Elegant Code The quest to share information securely and the curiosity to decipher the hidden meaning, has astounded the human mind since eternity. Whether it was the ancient art of steganography, or the development of ciphers from the Caesar Cipher to the Enigma Cipher Machine, the basic idea has been to protect
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
Tensors A Brief Introduction to Tensor Our member, Rupam Haloi has shared an article with us on tensors. The file can be downloaded here.
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
Statistics Quiz (II) Statistics Quiz (I) 11) For random error $$varepsilon_i,$$ which of the following constitutes the Gauss-Markov conditions? A) (i) $$E(varepsilon_i)=0$$ (ii) $$E(varepsilon_i ^2)=sigma^2$$ (iii) $$E(varepsilon_i,varepsilon_j)=0, ineq j$$ B) (i) $$E(varepsilon_i)=0$$ (ii) $$E(varepsilon_i ^2)
AHSEC AHSEC 2014 Question Papers - Part I We are very pleased to announce that we have been able to find the Assam State Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) 2014 question papers for a few subjects, thanks to our team member, Bishal Deb. Here are some of those available for download: Physics (Theory) Computer Science and Applications Alternative
50 questions 50 Multiple Choice Questions Find the correct option: 1) The units digit of the number $$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 anti electron Homi Jehangir Bhabha, the Renaissance Man Bhabha is a great lover of music, a gifted artist, a bril-liant engineer and an outstanding scientist. He is the modern equivalent of Leonardo da Vinci. — Sir C V Raman at the Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Science, Nagpur, 1941 Homi Jehangir Bhabha was undeniably one of the Ngo Bao Chau Interview with Tony Chan (陳繁昌) Professor Tony Fan-Cheong Chan is currently President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was previously Assistant Director of the US National Science Founda-tion (NSF) in charge of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, which is the largest directorate of the NSF in funding. Prof Chan had forward difference Statistics Quiz (I) 1) For a forward difference table the points $$(x_0,y_0),(x_1,y_1),(x_2,y_2),dots$$ with $$h=x_1-x_0=x_2-x_1=dots$$ so on, and for the function $$y=x^n,$$ say, which of the following statements is true? A) $$frac{Delta^ Algebraic Numbers Jugendtraum of a Mathematician 1. Kronecker’s Jugendtraum There is a phrase “Kronecker’s Jugendtraum (dream of youth)” in mathematics. Leopold Kronecker was a German mathematician who worked in the latter half of the 19th century. He obtained his degree at the University of Berlin in 1845 when he was 22 years old, and 2014 राष्ट्रीय गणित ओलिंपियाड – 2014 समय: चार घंटा फ्ररवरी 02, 2014 निर्देश: • किसी भी तरह कैलकुलेतर तथा चांदा (protractor) के उपयीग की अनुमति नहीं है। • पैमाना (ruler) तथा परकार (compass) उपयीग किये जा सकते हैं। • सभी प् ← Newer Posts Page 13 of 22 Older Posts →
anti electron Homi Jehangir Bhabha, the Renaissance Man Bhabha is a great lover of music, a gifted artist, a bril-liant engineer and an outstanding scientist. He is the modern equivalent of Leonardo da Vinci. — Sir C V Raman at the Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Science, Nagpur, 1941 Homi Jehangir Bhabha was undeniably one of the
Ngo Bao Chau Interview with Tony Chan (陳繁昌) Professor Tony Fan-Cheong Chan is currently President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He was previously Assistant Director of the US National Science Founda-tion (NSF) in charge of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, which is the largest directorate of the NSF in funding. Prof Chan had
forward difference Statistics Quiz (I) 1) For a forward difference table the points $$(x_0,y_0),(x_1,y_1),(x_2,y_2),dots$$ with $$h=x_1-x_0=x_2-x_1=dots$$ so on, and for the function $$y=x^n,$$ say, which of the following statements is true? A) $$frac{Delta^
Algebraic Numbers Jugendtraum of a Mathematician 1. Kronecker’s Jugendtraum There is a phrase “Kronecker’s Jugendtraum (dream of youth)” in mathematics. Leopold Kronecker was a German mathematician who worked in the latter half of the 19th century. He obtained his degree at the University of Berlin in 1845 when he was 22 years old, and
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
