Mathematics Association of Xavier's

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Quiz competition

Math Exhibition 2020

Squares and Circles. Two simple shapes that are associated in various ways. A circular pizza comes in a square box. The saying 'a square peg in a round hole'. But there is one way they can never be connected.
Find out more in our article on "The Impossibility of Squaring the Circle"

Link to the article : https://mathatxaviers.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/the-impossibility-of-squaring-a-circle/

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Mathematics is omnipresent. It spans various fields from physics to physiology and a lot more.
Read our article on "Math and Medicine" to explore the fascinating math behind CAT scans.

Link to the article : https://mathatxaviers.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/math-medicine/

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Number Theory keeps most of us scratching our heads but its subtlety has deep implications in the way we securely communicate nowadays. In our latest article on "The RSA Algorithm", we deconstruct the evolution of cryptography and the algorithm which is the cornerstone of cryptography in modern computing.

Link to the article: https://mathatxaviers.wordpress.com/2019/11/06/the-rsa-algorithm/

P.S. After you're done reading, why not decode this message we have for you "PDWK LV FRRO"😃

गोपीभाग्यमधुव्रात-श्रुग्ङिशोदधिसन्धिग॥
खलजीवितखाताव गलहालारसंधर॥

To those well versed in Sanskrit, these lines may seem to be a glorification of Lord Krishna. But it's surprising to note that they comprise of a cryptic message, something related to our favorite constant π.

Want to find out what it is? Check out our article on "Ka Ta Pa Ya di - An alphasyllabic numeral system to depict letters" to learn more.

Link to the article: https://mathatxaviers.wordpress.com/2019/10/30/ka-ta-pa-ya-di-an-alphasyllabic-numeral-system-to-depict-letters/

π is the first mathematical constant we're introduced to. We start out knowing it as 22/7 and then as 3.1415. But do you know the history of π?
Well, read our article on "Getting to know Pi" to uncover the mystery of this constant.

Link to the article : https://mathatxaviers.wordpress.com/2019/09/14/getting-to-know-pi/

Do movies like Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Yeh Jawaani hain deewani give you major travel goals? Do you often desire to backpack through the best places across Europe but are constrained by the lack of holidays? Do your "Goa wale plans" never work out because of the lack of time? Here's where Maths comes to your rescue.
Join us as we take you through the utility of "Shortest path algorithms" in our article.

Link to the article : https://mathatxaviers.wordpress.com/2019/09/07/shortest-path-algorithm/

Heard a lot about the Golden Ratio? What if we told you there is a Silver ratio and a Bronze ratio, too?
Come and discover them in our article *'The Metallic Ratios'*

Link to the article: https://mathatxaviers.wordpress.com/2019/08/31/the-metallic-ratios/

MAX hosted an engrossing talk on the Linear Algebraic methods in Combinatorics by a well-known professor of IIT MUMBAI, Prof Sivaramakrishnan Sivasubramanian

MAX hosted an inter-college mathematical seminar over 10 colleges participated with over 20 presentations of interesting mathematical topics to it's application.