Aniruddha AnantAug 21, 20213 min readThe irrationality of the square root of 2It is a far finer gambit than any chess play: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn, but a mathematician offers the game.
Aniruddha AnantAug 13, 20213 min readSeven Bridges of KönigsbergKönigsberg's bridges problem is about finding a path to cross seven bridges with the condition that one has to cross a bridge only once.
Aniruddha AnantAug 7, 20213 min readWhere are the satellites and telescopes placed in the space?There are five L-points out of which L1, L2, and L3 were discovered by Leonhard Euler whereas L4 and L5 were discovered by Lagrange.
Aniruddha AnantJul 30, 20216 min readDetermining the multiplicity and the nature of the roots of single variable polynomial equationsHow many roots exist for the following single variable polynomial equation? 2x^5 - x^4 - 1 4x^3 - 6 x^2 + 24x + 40 = 0 To find out the...
Aniruddha AnantJul 23, 20216 min readFermat's Last Theorem and Andrew WilesFLT has got the largest number of unsuccessful proofs and thus mentioned in the Guinness book as the 'most difficult mathematical problem'.
Aniruddha AnantJul 17, 20212 min readLoh's method : A different way of solving quadratic equations Recently, Po-Shen Loh, a professor at CMU, pioneered a new method which was used by ancient Babylonians to solve the quadratic equations.
Aniruddha AnantMay 2, 20202 min readMath problem from Good Will Hunting (1997)The 1997 Academy award winning movie Good Will Hunting is about a troubled genius named Will Hunting, played by Matt Damon. During...