8:30 AM - 9 AM
Math Lounge
Third Floor
Main Building

Inaugaration and Pie Cutting

The inauguration session will take place at 8:30 am on the mathematics floor (Math Lounge), accompanied by release of new additions to the mathematicsfamily at IISER. This will be followed by tea/coffee and filled tori.

9 AM - 1 PM
Lecture Hall Complex

Club House

A series of activities which show the fun side of mathematics (the only side!)

12 PM - 1 PM

Lecture Hall Complex

The Erdos Quiz - Prelims

Teasing has always been a part of quizzing, but with the element of reason, it ignites mania. We welcome you to participate in this one-of-a-kind math quiz test your mettle. Win attractive cash prizes! Things you would need:

             1. A team of 3 members in maximum

             2.Speed

2 PM - 3 PM
Lecture Hall Complex

Integration Bee

Do you get a rush of excitement while solving integrals? Then here's your chance to rush around LHC integrating your way through to attractive cash prizes!

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Lecture Hall Complex

Colloquium

The Sphere Packing Problem - a Breakthrough

by Prof Shobha Madan, IIT Goa.

Abstract - 

I will state the general sphere-packing problem in arbitrary dimensions. In three dimensions the solution is familiar to fruit- sellers; and known as Kepler's Conjecture to Mathematicians. It is 'considered' solved sometime in the years 1998-2014, I will tell the story of this unusual solution. In higher dimensions, the problem is profoundly difficult. There was breakthrough for dimensions 8 in 2016 (on Pi-day), and then a week later for dimension 24. I will give a flavour of the solution and how it came about with the magical coming together of Linear Programming, Fourier Analysis and Analytic Number theory. Dimension 8 is important to Physicists (The E8 theory: ' An exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything'), and Dimension 24 occurs in Error Correcting Codes.
There is no prerequisite!

5 PM - 7 PM

New Lecture Hall

The Erdos Quiz - Finals

The top 4 teams from the prelims fight for the glory.

7 PM - 7:30 PM

New Lecture Hall

Prize Distribution