Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.
Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.
Numbers have life; they're not just symbols on paper.
What is mathematics? It is only a systematic effort of solving puzzles posed by nature.
Nobody challenges me. I challenge myself.
You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.
Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man.
Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.
I don't even possess a car. I ride in auto-rickshaws because I like to be a part of the masses. I don't want to single myself out as someone up and above.
I was performing at a New Jersey high school, and I asked a class of 2,000 students, 'How many of you love mathematics?' and only one hand went up. And that was the hand of the maths teacher!
Solving wits and puzzles, in a way, helps to develop wit and ingenuity.
I have written a book called 'In the Wonderland of Numbers.' It's about a young girl, Neha, who is very poor in mathematics, but in a series of illusory experiences, she becomes a great mathematician.
At three, I fell in love with numbers. It was sheer ecstasy for me to do sums and get the right answers. Numbers were toys with which I could play.
I cannot transfer my abilities to anyone, but I can think of quicker ways with which to help people develop numerical aptitude.
The concept of zero is attributed to the Hindus. The Hindus were also the first to use zero in the way it is used today.
I haven't had any formal education. Through the grace of god, I am gifted in mathematics and the English language.
Many go through life afraid of numbers and upset by numbers. They would rather amble along through life miscounting, miscalculating and, in general, mismanaging their worldly affairs than make friends with numbers.
Primes are the important main ingredient of numbers, for every number is either a prime or a product of primes.
I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.
I grew up in a semi-slum area in Gavipuram, Guttahalli.
