Special Session
Speaker: Madhusudan Manjunath, IIT Bombay
Title: Mathematics for Well-Being II
Time, day and date: 4:00:00 PM - 5:30:00 PM, Monday, March 30
Venue: Ramanujan Hall
Abstract: Mathematics as seen today is a dazzling array of branches each interacting in an intricate, dynamic manner weaving out seemingly fresh patterns. While there are about four-five major branches of Mathematics, each of these contains an innumerable array of subareas, sub-subareas and so on. Questions arise: How will it evolve eventually? Is there an ultimate?
Will it bring ``good" to humanity? Is there a sense in which all of Mathematics can be ``known"? We carefully explore these questions taking guidance from an ancient school of Indian philosophy. We pay special attention to the practical aspects.