SexyGurl 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2005 I got this comment at a reputed international forum: I would much rather rely on Russians, Hungarians and Eastern Europeans. These guys win medals at the International Mathematical Olympiads every year, fairly consistently too. I rarely see teams from India or China winning anything significant. To be honest, most Indians I know are mathematically mediocre; they're just computer programmers. To be frank, it spoilt my day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ganesh 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2005 That should be a written by an IDIOT. hehehe Indians are mathematically brainy... no need to prove that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2005 Yeah we are better than all others!!! There are many mathematical wizards from India. Shakunthala Devi was even able to beat a Super Computer!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SexyGurl 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2005 Well she was a calculating wizard ... (which is very different from mathematics) ! But that is another striking thing -- can we "name" an Indian mathematician ?? Atleast I don't know anyone apart from Aryabhatta ... and the ZERO ZERO bla bla .. and still only ZERO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2005 (edited) Well she was a calculating wizard ... (which is very different from mathematics) !But that is another striking thing -- can we "name" an Indian mathematician ?? Atleast I don't know anyone apart from Aryabhatta ... and the ZERO ZERO bla bla .. and still only ZERO 35691[/snapback] Shakuntala Devi has two well known Mathematical Puzzle books to her credit... She is not just a calculating wizard as you said!!! Hope you remember about Ramanujan also!!! See this link http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~histor.../Ramanujan.html And to see a list of Mathematicians born in India see this link http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~histor...ries/India.html Your GK is too weak bhutes Edited July 13, 2005 by deepu Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Puneet 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2005 Shakuntla Devi has great puzzle books, and she is great with calculations, but mathematics as in MATHEMATICS no. There is difference in being a progrmamer and a mathematician. From my personal experience at IITs, I know that Computer Science Researchers are more of mathematicians and less of computer progrmamers. Infact, programming in considered a lowly job. Talking fo current mathematicians, do we have any? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SexyGurl 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2005 Ok, sure .. Ramanujan is a significant name (which I missed). and happily he is from modern age. I can understand, why India doesn't have a strong mathematical base at master's and phd ..... a large amout talent gets filtered out at the undergrad stage (IITs and all) -- many of whom have the aptitude for advanced mathematics of international level -- and they don't choose to pursue phd. maths in india (prefer US etc). But I wonder why these "IIT folks" and other maths talent fail to prove themselves at International Olympiad etc. .... like the Russians (though, almost entire Europe seems to be tooooo stong in Maths) --- Look for any mathematics papers .. they invariably come from Europe --- even denmark, iceland, poland !!!! they figure much much much more than India. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kams19 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2005 (edited) would like to add a line... i hope u might know this, it was in news, the US will hire Indian prof of Maths for providing e-study solution... Edited July 13, 2005 by kams19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SexyGurl 0 Report post Posted July 13, 2005 I think that's low-level maths ... maybe upto 12th standard or atbest undergrad. .. (most probably only upto 12th) .... even undergrad maths is somewhat complicated to do over e-learning. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
