Analysis Tricks Part 1

by | Dec 28, 2018 | Problem Solving, Pure Maths

I recently learnt a really neat trick when it comes to proving two quantities are equivalent. It started of with my supervisor claiming that for some and , (1)   is obvious. To me, it was not obvious at all, and may not be so obvious to you either. But what my...

Putnam 2017 A2

by | Dec 16, 2018 | Problem Solving

I am currently in China doing a lot of nice work on the wave equation, can’t wait to tell you all about it! But here is a nice problem I did for fun. Today we will look at a Putnam Problem, here is the question, (screenshot from the problem sheet that can be...

On the definition of a Topological Manifold

by | Dec 6, 2018 | Pure Maths

EDIT 7/1/2019: The proof for each finite subset of a Hausdorff space is closed is corrected. Before I begin, as stated in my articles section, I said I am going to start writing about all the neat maths I’ve learnt throughout my final year project in physics, in...