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VOLUME
49 NUMBER 4 April 2012 |
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COVER STORY
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Ubiquitous
Indo Arabic Numerals |
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FEATURE
ARTICLES The Mighty
Zero |
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S. Ramanujan – The Keats of Mathematics
Manoranjan Kumar
Singh & Aniket Ranjan
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24
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Alan Mathison Turing: A Man of Machines |
31
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Fascinating World of Mathematicians |
39
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Mathematics in Art? |
45
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A Curable Cancer Natasha
Das & Juhi Nachane
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53
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SHORT FEATURE Maths
Play |
42 |
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FICTION The Cold Story
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36 |
DEPARTMENTS
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REACTIONS
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6
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EDITORIAL
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SPECTRUM
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16 |
TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE
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23
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HUMOUR
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44
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Ubiquitous Indo Arabic Numerals
T.V.
Venkateswaran
The history of numbers and
counting is a fascinating one. Read on to find out more.
The Mighty Zero
Rintu Nath
Zero is a tiny number, but never ignore
it. Without zero, not just mathematics, but all branches of sciences would have
struggled for clearer definitions.
Here’s a look at
the life of a genius, extremely short though it was.
Alan Mathison Turing: A Man of Machines
Manas Pratim Das
The world celebrates the hundredth anniversary of Alan Turing who laid
the foundation for the ‘intelligent machine’.
Fascinating World of
Mathematicians
Prakash Manikpure
Mathematics is said to be the mother of invention in
science. Mathematics has tremendous influence on every kind of human endeavour. It is closely linked to nature as nature loves
symmetry.
Vol.
49, April
2012,
pp 45-48
Mathematics in Art?
Neeru Sharma
Do art and mathematics go
together? Mathematical patterns and symmetry make for good art. And artistic colouring allows mathematical information to take on a
visual shape. Most people agree that a conversation between math and art can
inform both disciplines.
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Vol. 49, April
2012, pp 53-57
A Curable Cancer
Yuvraj Singh has been diagnosed with ‘extragonadal
germ cell seminoma’ – a form of cancer. But the good
news is that it can be treated.