Abstract Confusions – 2011 in review

Got a nice report from WordPress. Though I did not blog actively in 2011, there are quite few posts that still cornered people’s attention. One of my new years resolution is to write more. So, sit firm and buckle up, here I come, 2012! The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for [...]

What’s special about 2012?

Happy new year to all. Wish you the most successful and happiest year ahead. Now, that being said, let us look at the specialty of 2012. Being an even-numbered year, and a leap year, 2012 for sure is attractive.  Though few can complaint about having one extra day to get through in February. 2012 – Alan Turing year [...]

On Counting, Countability, Uncountability and Confusions thereof

The very basics of math skills are not taught by any one, it is inculcated from birth. In my childhood days, I remember how I got surprised by my grand mother’s mathematical (rather counting) skills. She was not taught in any school, she has to manage the household stuff, few farm works. She could never [...]

What’s special about 2011?

2010 is gone. And I always like even numbered years compared to odd ones. I was asking to myself, what’s special about 2011? It works out that 2011 is indeed special. First: 2011 is a prime number. The fundamental building blocks of number system, prime numbers are special. It means 2011 can not be expressed [...]

Some Interesting Requirements / Questions

Over the time I received few interesting requirements and questions. Few of them are straight forward that you do it in minutes, and few other questions are strange enough that some time have to sit and etch out the solution which is not top of the head. It would be only fair to share the [...]

Dangerous Mind – Mathematics and Insanity

Problem solving is a top-notch skill. All of us face problems, in work, in life and every day happening. Jokingly mathematicians identify the following stages of a problem solving: Identifying the problem (includes preparation, collecting information, identifying challenges and risks) . Attacking the problem (use existing tools, techniques to derive new method). Get vigorous, consciously. [...]

My Favorite Mathematicians

History of humanity is full of stories about achievements of outstanding men and women. It is even more interesting and captivating when we read about mathematicians. I will try to list down the great people of mathematics who were the driving force of conceptual thinking and intellectual advancement of mathematics. This is in continuation with [...]

Statistics: When Numbers Lie

Mark Twain once said, There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. Another quote by Steven Wright says like this, 47.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot. And there is a detail account of how to lie with statistics. We all love numbers. Any talk with references to numbers [...]

Math Games for Children

Games are the sure shot fun way to teach some thing. And math is one of the top-notch skills one needs to own for being successful in any career. Imagine if playing games hone your mathematical skills. As a kid I grew up learning few board games which helped me to understand the most basic [...]

Haskell – A Functional Programming Language

Functions in mathematics are like building blocks in many fields. Functions are also widely used in physics and other branches of engineering. In computer science, functions play a major role.  When you have a mathematical function and want to write a program for that, most of the time you do it line by line, with [...]