Wed, March 21, 2018
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- Time:
- 2:30pm-3:30pm
- Location:
- Ramanujan Hall, Department of Mathematics
- Description:
- Speaker and Affiliation: Prof. Bikas Sinha,
Retired Professor of Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Date, Day and Time: 21st March 2018, Wednesday, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Venue: Room 215
Tile of the talk : Oh Captain ! My Captain ?
Theme.....as is told by a participant in a recent presentation of this
talk.....
"When I first heard about such a "show", just the very idea of it
seemed to be
intriguing to me. I immediately made up my mind to witness it, given
an opportunity. Fortunately, the opportunity came soon and almost at
my next door.
It was an engaging experience overall - the fundamental concepts of
"odd - man - out" were exemplified in front of the young eyes almost
tangibly. The enactment that followed took us right to the birthplace
of probability – the games of chance and maximizing wins. The
presentation aspect was captivating – with your throwing questions,
salvaging the confounded youngsters and a continuous stream of wits –
how lively the session was! When you declared the “game” to be over…
the magical journey was short – was possibly my only complaint !!!
- Time:
- 4:00pm
- Location:
- Ramanujan Hall, Department of Mathematics
- Description:
- Popular Lecture series in Mathematics
Date & Time: Wednesday 21st March at 4:00 PM
Venue: Ramanujan Hall
Speaker: U. K. Anandavardhanan
Title: Plus or minus? With connections to a 1000 year old unsolved problem
Abstract: This talk will discuss the question of fixing the sign of certain
arithmetic quantities and its connection to the so called congruent number
problem - one of the oldest open problems in mathematics.