Interests

Academic

These are my special interests
  1. Algorithms
  2. Computational Complexity
  3. Combinatorics
This is a list of mathematical topics that i feel are indespensible if you want to do any serious study. Currently , i have come around (at last !!) to studying them.
  1. Abstract Algebra
  2. Linear Algebra
  3. Topology
  4. Probablity and Statistics
  5. Number Theory
  6. Analysis
Other topics of interest to me. Though of course that does not necessarily mean that i know anything about them ! Hopefully , i will alter that.
  1. Graph Theory
  2. Coding Theory
  3. Quantum Computing
  4. Computational Biology
  5. Cryptography
  6. Computational Geometry

Other

I generally like a lot of things. The top of the list are of course reading books Next come moives , though after coming here, my moive going spree has lost momentum . The saving grace is that we have a movie screened every week on campus. IISc Movie Club . Then there is of course games. I have tried my hand at almost all the games with the regulars being table-tennis , badminton and cricket , though i am a professional in none. Havent played chess in a long time.
There is nothing like going for a nice walk when you are feeling low. And of course doing nothing at all ... i specialize in liking that :-) Few people realise the power and usefullness of inaction and as of now i have found a fellow spirit only in Beetle. That brings us to cartoons. Well , i absolutely love cartoons. My favourites strips are Garfield , Beetle and Dilbert. And of course i like Astrix , Archie and Tintin. And of late i have also taken a liking to Calvin. He is just too good !!
Mangesh Gupte <mangesh[at]csa.iisc.ernet.in>
Last modified: Sat Jul 9 11:17:59 2005