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MathSpark 2024

Kaushik Basu (University of California, Berkeley)

Interactive session: 21 December 2024, 10:00

Foyer area of Chandrasekhar Auditorium, ICTS

Event Description: Tales of pyramids and spheres: speaking volumes of Cavalieri

Abstract: We will explore the computation of volume of interesting solids using simple geometrical ideas and dimensional arguments. We will start with th...more

MCI Special talk: Divisibility tests and recurring decimals

Apoorva Khare (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)

Interactive session: 17 November 2023, 18:00

Online Zoom and YouTube live stream

Abstract:

If we had two extra thumbs, how would we check if "2024" is divisible by eleven? Or by "11"? We will see a simple test in any base B, i.e. usable by species having any number of fingers (whether shaped like hot dogs or not); an...more

MathSpark

Kaushik Basu, Joseph Samuel

Interactive session: 22 July 2023, 10:00

Foyer area of Chandrasekhar Auditorium, ICTS

Event Description: The activity consists of guided problem-solving in a fun setting, with lots of discussion, collaboration, and exchange of ideas.

About the Speaker: Koushik Basu an instructor in Math and Physics at the graduat...more