Academic Achievers

The Department of Mathematics is happy to see the success of the students in their academic journey. Congratulations to the students who have scored good marks in their even semester examinations of 2023-24. Keep up the same spirit.

A big donation by the son of Prof. M. K. Ramachandra Shastri

CP Plus Interactive Panel

The department of Mathematics of Sarada Vilas College received as donation of an 86 inche CP Plus Interactive Panel worth Rs. 1,72,980/- (One Lakh Seventy Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty) from Mr. Srikrishna M. R., Director, Engineering, Honewell. 

Alice in wrong land!

- Yathirajsharma M. V.

Introduction to the article: This article presents a viewpoint where the author expresses regrets regarding the systemic failures in achieving educational goals, using an example from undergraduate mathematics classrooms. The opinion is not general in the sense it addresses all the targeted audience but general in the sense that it addresses most of them.

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Alice was once told to find a cat which was born to a dog. Alice ran in search of it!

My journey began in a Non-Government Organization (NGO) dedicated to support public education system. Rather than working directly with students, our focus was on supporting government school teachers in their professional growth. Regular visits to schools allowed me to interact with children, giving me valuable insights into teaching methods (pedagogy). I often found myself amazed by the different ways children thought and wondered why they responded the way they did. Personally, I was curious to know how they understood mathematical concepts and how they perceived mathematical objects. It became clear that there was a problem with how math was taught. Children were taught algorithms without emphasizing the logic behind them. For example, they were taught to add numbers using carrying over without the idea of why. Additionally, children were getting tired before they even got to real-life math problems. This tiredness made it difficult for them to apply algorithms correctly, i.e. to choose a proper operation for the given scenario, even though they had a correct intution of what could have been done. The focus on getting a single-line answer, like for the sum of 18 and 24, showed a lack of emphasis on true mathematical understanding.

National Mathematics Day - 2023

The department of Mathematics, Sarada Vilas College, Mysuru celebrated the National Mathematics Day in a simple manner by paying floral tribute to the portrait of the legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and distributing sweets.

Every year 22nd December is celebrated in India as National Mathematics Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the greatest mathematicians the world has ever seen and whose contributions are still influencing the current day research.

The man who knew infinity! 

Wieferich primes

- Yathirajsharma M. V.

Introduction to the article: In this article, the author describes how he got to know about Wieferich primes.

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'Are there infinitely many Wieferich Pirmes?' - An unsolved problem

I follow questions and answers on Mathematics Stack Exchange. Sometimes, I try to answer questions which lie within the realm of my knowledge. Of course, one earns reputation if people like and accept the answers (I have very less reputation for that matter). But that is not the main intention why many people are there. Many, extremely good questions, neatly constructed, indicating all the efforts put so far for solving it, do not let one sit quietly. Sometimes it is a collective effort solving a problem.

Wall Painting by students

 "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm"

Five students of final year (2022-23) approached us with the idea of beautifying the department of Mathematics. The result is what we see below - 'A tree of Mathematical equations/concepts' - a wall painting. The concept was designed and executed by them in 5 days. 

Tree of mathematical equations / concepts

National Mathematics Day - 2022

Celebration in the Department

       Srinivasa Ramanujan is undoubtedly one of the greatest mathematicians India has ever produced. Born on December 22nd, 1887, Ramanujan was almost a self taught mathematician in the earlier days of his life until he developed connections with the Birtish mathematician G. H. Hardy. Ramanujan's theory of modular equations, mock theta functions, Eisenstein series identities reveal how original his thoughts were. In his honour, to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Ramanujan, National Mathematics day was introduced in 2012 by the then Prime Minitser of India Dr. Manmohan Singh. Since then, December 22nd is celebrated as the National Mathematics Day in India.