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GUWAHATI: As the country celebrated the National Mathematics Day on Tuesday, a huge number of students continued to suffer from the Mathematics phobia syndrome in Assam. The Education department is yet to take any initiative to make the subject an interesting one.
Mathematics phobia syndrome means anxiety and fear about one s ability to do mathematics. Many States in the country are implementing innovative measures to make mathematics an interesting, pragmatic and friendlier subject for students. But unfortunately such things are not happening in Assam, Moloy Das, retired teacher of a government high school said.
Data available with the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) reveals that over 50 percent of students fail in HSLC/AHM examinations every year due to in their inability to score even pass marks in mathematics. A good number of students even after scoring star marks (75 percent or above) and distinction marks (80 percent or above) in
National Mathematics Day: Why is 1729 special - magic of Hardy-Ramanujan number
National Mathematics Day: Ramanujan was fascinated by numbers and made some remarkable contributions to the
partitio numerorum branch of mathematics that deals with the study of partitions of numbers
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Srinivas Ramanujan was born in 1887 in Erode in Tamil Nadu
Born in Tamil Nadu s Erode on December 22, 1887, the self-taught mathematical prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
He was fascinated by numbers and made some remarkable contributions to the
partitio numerorum branch of mathematics that deals with the study of partitions of numbers. The mathematical genius compiled approximately 3900 results independently before his untimely demise in Kumbhakonam at the age of 32 due to tuberculosis.
On National Mathematics Day, list of scholarship for students who wish to study math
National Mathematics Day 2020: These scholarships/ fellowships are meant for both junior research and postdoctoral levels. Find out which one suits you the best. Updated: December 22, 2020 3:31:51 pm
List of scholarships/ fellowships on Maths. Representational image/ gettyimages.in
National Mathematics Day 2020: National Mathematics Day is celebrated on December 22 to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. For the budding mathematicians of the country, who want to pursue the field but are unable to continue their higher education due to lack of funds, here is a list of institutes and organisations which offer scholarships and fellowships for students aspiring to make a career in mathematics.