Vedica Scholars 2019

This page contains information regarding the course:

Logical and Mathematical Thinking taught as part of the Vedica Scholars Programme, over 5 weeks in Nov-Dec 2019.

Information sheet. This includes a schedule and the assessment criteria. 

Important resources we will use:

1. Desmos : This is a graphing calculator available online for free.
2. Sage (Online) : This is a symbolic algebra package we will use for mathematical experiments. The link gives online access.  If you wish to download and install on your machine, go to Sagemath.org. (I have found it useful to download and install it, but it works a little better on Mac than on windows.)

Try the internet version. If it doesn't work for you, you can download and install in your machine. 

Instructions from Vipul (Previous TA) for Sage.
Assignment 0: Commands to try out in Sage.

Current version (Sept 20, 2018) of the textbook

Please don't download and print. I keep making changes upto the evening before every lecture.


Interesting links

1. The Devil and Simon Flagg, by Arthur Porges.  http://simonsingh.net/books/fermats-last-theorem/wacky-fermat-stuff/devilish-short-story/. For which a mathematician was willing to sell his soul to the Devil. 
2. And he built a crooked house, by Robert Heinlein. A classic science fiction story about a tessaract.
3. Mathematical Aphrodisiac, by Alex Galt. https://simonsingh.net/books/fermats-last-theorem/wacky-fermat-stuff/romantic-short-story/. A Romantic short story. 

Resources

Week 0:  Lecture 1
Week 1: Lecture 2  Lecture 3
Week 2: Lecture 4
Week 3. Lecture 5 Lecture 6 (Quiz/No presentation)
Week 4: Lecture 7 Lecture 8
Week 5: Lecture 9 Lecture 10