Ramanujan's formula, derived by the mathematician in 1914 when quantum theory hadn't been formulated fully, provides a faster method for calculating physical phenomena, researchers found.
To many, Divakaran was a man with utmost respect for facts as opposed to agenda driven narrative on the history of mathematics in India. The 89-year-old died Saturday in Cochin.
In a generation when women’s aspirations were often softened to fit domestic frames, Mangala Narlikar refused to choose between academic pursuit and caregiving.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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