VCAS VIDHYAA GIRI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE ON COURSE TO THE FUTURE VIDYAA GIRI COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE (AFFILIATED T O ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY) RECOGNIZED UNDER SECTION 2(F) BY THE UGC Veerasekarapuram, Sakkottai Main Road, Puduvayal - 630 108 Email : [email protected] Website :www.vidhyaagiricollege.ac.in DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS Cute p Club NEWSLETTER

Monthly Issue 1 - February 2021

Editorial Team Chief Editor Editor Dr.SG.Karpagavalli C.Abirami, I B.Sc Mathematics

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Mr. M P. Krishnan Dr. R. Swaminathan Mr. M. Mohammed Meera Chairman Correspondent & Principal Treasurer About the College : Vidhyaa Giri College of Arts and Science (VCAS), Puduvayal, – 630 108. A new college is being launched by Puduvayal Shri Veerasekara Umaiyambigai Educational and Charitable Trust from the Academic year 2016 – 2017 which is affiliated to Alagappa University, Karaikudi. To promote and enrich the rural youth with knowledge and skills on par with their urban counterparts is the major objective. Our Vision : Education is a continuous process and Vidhyaa Giri College of Arts and Science(VCAS) will always remain in the forefront and will strive to provide quality education coupled with the latest infrastructural facilities, skills based, cost effective, transforming the students, globally employability responsible citizen to be recognized as a center of excellence, which will leave a long lasting impression in the minds and hearts of the Students, Parents, Staff and all Stake- holders who have been fortunate enough to be associated with it. Our Mission : Ÿ To impart quality education. Ÿ To adopt new techniques and improve students skills. Ÿ To train them to overcome any critical situation. Ÿ To develop leadership qualities. Ÿ To train them to become good citizens.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT : The Department of Mathematics was established in the year 2016 to offer pure Mathematics courses for undergraduate programs. From 2017 onwards, the department has incorporated elective courses for undergraduate and postgraduate program and also advanced coursed for M.Sc., programs. The department has been recognized as a research center by Alagappa University in 2021.

The Department of Mathematics, at Vidhyaa Giri College of Arts and Science serves as an ideal training ground for learning a broad range of analytical and problem-solving skills. Excellence and commitment are two eyes of the department as it always strives to be the centre for excellence in acquiring knowledge and skill required for engineers and technologists. The department functions from the inception of the institution with the present strength of 5 qualified and dedicated faculty members. Two faculty members are doctorate holders. Cool Facts About Numbers "Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas." - Albert Einstein

E 2 is Only one even prime number. E The square root of two is called "Pythagoras' Constant". E Zero is the only Number that can't be represented in Roman Numerals. E Zero was discovered by an Indian Mathematician BrahmaGupta around 600 A.D. E Zero is an even number. E Four is the only one number spelled with the same number of letters as itself. E Six is the smallest perfect number. E The Number Pi is irrational. E The Fibonacci sequence appears in nature. E Six Weeks = 10! Seconds. (That is, 10 × 9 × 8 × 7 × 6 × 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 × 1 = 3,628,800 seconds = 60,480 minutes = 1,008 hours = 42 days = 6 weeks) E There's Not Enough Room in the World to Write Out a Googolplex. A googol means 1 followed by 100 zeroes. A googolplex is 1 followed by a googol zeroes. Tricky Math Question Corner

1) What number should replace 2) How Can You Get the the question mark? Number 6 by Only Using Three Zeros? 12X12=9

X = 23 23 16 Answer in Next Issue!!!!! 34X34=? Famous Math Awards Abel (Math) Prize Awarded for: Outstanding scientific work in the field of Mathematics

Country: Norway

Presented by: Government of Norway First Awarded:2003

Awarded for : The Fields Medal is a prize awarded Fields Medal to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years. Country: Varies

Presented by:International Mathematical Union

First Awarded:1936 Math Events Of The Year National Mathematics Day

It is observed on 22 December every year to mark the birth anniversary of legendary Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan and his contributions in the field of mathematics.

In 2012 , the former Prime Minister of , Dr.Manmohan Singh , paid tribute to Srinivasa Ramanujan at a function organized on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great mathematician Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan in . 22 December, was declared as National Mathematics Day. Thus, on 22 December 2012, National Mathematics Day was celebrated across the country for the first time. RAMANUJAN'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN OUR COLLEGE

Our Department students actively participate in various events organized on Dec 22 Celebration Of - p Day On March 14

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi) . Pi Day is observed on March 14 (3/14 in the month/day format) since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of π. It was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw, an employee of the Exploratorium. On celebrating this occasion the Mathematics Association Cute p Club organized a one day seminar on “Applications of Algebra and Lattices” . Our Principal Dr.R.Swaminathan presided the function and the keynote speaker was Dr.R.Meenakshi,Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Seethalakshmi Aachi College for women , .

Presidential Address by our Honouring the Chief guest by Principal our Principal

Keynote Address by our Chief Guest Our Principal addressed the Dr.T.Kannan, Assistant gathering about the Professor, Sree Sevugan importance of applications of Annamalai College delivered his Mathematics in Real Life keynote address on “Fibonacci Situations numbers in nature” Student’s Contribution

R.Lakshmi Priya, B.Abirami, III B.Sc Mathematics III B.Sc Mathematics

R.Yogeshwaran, PL.Thirukokarnan, I B.Sc Mathematics III B.Sc Mathematics Abinaya, A.Byrose Banu, II B.Sc Mathematics II B.Sc Mathematics

Art Collection, by C.Abirami, I B.Sc Mathematics

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