Sources of Inspiration - Nature & People in my Life - 1

Hello everyone!!

My day was pretty hectic. I was working on some simple ODE systems, as part of my homework due on 29th January. As told in my first post I was planning to express my views on "Functions & Life", but, before starting, i felt it would be apt to let you know about my sources of inspiration.

To me Mathematics is a philosophy, rather than a subject. I look at it as the language man has developed to conceive and document the phenomena occuring in the nature. Understanding this language, would help to get an overall view of whats happening around us. All the observable features in the nature can be quantified using mathematics. 

Corollary: Every mathematical equation written represents a scientific phenomena, which vary upon perception.

An ordinary second order differential equation, when applied in a heat environment gives "Fourier's Law of Heat Conduction", and would lead to "Fick's Law of Diffusion" when applied in mass transfer environment.

A first order differential equation, would represent the growth of a species when applied in a tissue environment,and would represent radioactive decay when applied to a nuclear environment.

It was not until I was doing my Intermediate(equivalent to 12th grade) that I recognised the importance of Mathematics. Dr.U.Vinayak Rao and his lectures  stimulated me and I began to feel the role of mathematics in this universe. For him, "Mathematics is Life", and his classes was always full of life. They were more about applications of mathematics in real life and he always tried to create thoughts about the intrinsic relation between mathematics and science, in the students' minds.

It was in this class, that I met Popuri Hemant and Ganti Vasishta, two people who inspired me to work on mathematics. The intensity and speed with which they would solve a given problem, really posed a challenge for me to improve my problem tackling skills. Later in my life, during undergraduation, I met Ravikiran, whose story is an inspiration to every student. With a rural background, and basic education in local language, he made into one of the prestigious higher learning centers in India. His hardwork and dedication leaves me speechless.

I have no words right now. Shall continue tomorrow

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Sun