A case study of the first offering of a course on the culture, excitement and relevance of mathematics at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India

Abstract

This article is a report of an experiment in the direction of creating an awareness for the Culture, Excitement and Relevance of Mathematics in students who do not major in mathematics. In order to appreciate the deeper aspects of mathematics, it is not always necessary to go through the standard set of graduate courses in mathematics. For a student who has the basic rudiments of mathematics to become a professional either in the non‐mathematical sciences or in the engineering sciences etc., it is perhaps possible to design a single course which will show him what is beyond in the citadel of mathematics.