14th March is a crazy day

Why?

Since yesterday was one of the greatest nights ever.


Megadeth played in India for the First time ever. There aren't many words to express how the concert was.

Immense power at the Palace Grounds with thousands of long-haired humans gathered at one place and radiating extreme energy. It started drizzling when Megadeth played the first track!


Dave Mustain is this really elusive, mysterious personality. "We know who you are, and you know who I am", is the way he introduced himself. He almost killed most of the people.

Some other great stuff of March 14th:


Happy Pi Day!

According to a physicist at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the number Pi has been calculated out to over one trillion digits. But that’s not the interesting part.

No number has captured the attention and imagination of people throughout the ages as much as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Pi–or ? as it is symbolically known–is infinite.

Oh, and just for a bit of trivia, Albert Einstein’s birthday is today, and he was a big fan of pi. But that’s not it. His birthday, and pi day, both fall on March 14th. That’s 3-14, and pi out to two places is 3.14! Coincidence? I don’t think so. We all know God doesn’t play dice.

Thanks you guys:

Amazon, dmiessler.com, This Orkut profile for the pics

Ramanujan's Philosophy of Numbers

I couldn't post since last few days because of my Mathematics exam. I'm hoping to pass in this paper, although the equations of life remain unsolved. Is there an absolute answer to everything? Does our manifested reality traverse between the infinite extremes? Do all equations become more complex as we try to simplify them?

I found an interesting excerpt on Ramanujan's Philosophy in Mr. J.V Badami's book, 'Musings on Arithmetical Numbers'. Thought it's worth sharing with the world.

Ramanujan, the famous Indian Mathematician, born genius, thought that the pursuit of mathematics was a pursuit after God. He often used to say that mathematics alone can lead to realization of God. He used to ask, 'What is the value of 0/0?', then answer himself, 'it may be nothing; the value cannot be determined.' He spoke of zero as a symbol of the 'Absolute' - Nirguna Brahma. The infinite is absolute and is immortal. That is, 'Reality' to which no qualities could be attributed, which cannot be defined or described by words. It is completely beyond the reach of the human mind.

Ramanujan used to say that 2ⁿ-1 will denote the Primordial God and several Divinities. When n is 0, the expression denotes 0. That is, there is nothing. When n is equal to 1, the expression denotes unity, the infinite God. When n is 2, the expression denotes Trinity - the Trident of Shiva. When n is 3, the expression denotes 7, the Sapta Rishis (the constellation Ursa Major, which is known in India as Sapta Rishi i.e 7 sages) and so on.

Ramanujan was highly religious. He not only admired God, he adored Him too.