Blog (mostly math)

Uniform approximations for log(x)

Take an interval of the form ${ [\delta, 2A-\delta] \subseteq \mathbb{R} _{\gt 0} }.$ So here ${ 0 \lt \delta \lt A }.$ Consider ${ \log (x) }$ on ${ [\delta, 2A-\delta] }.$ We’ll find a sequence ${ (P _n (x)) }$ of polynomials of degrees ${ \deg(P _n) \leq n }$ such that ${ \max _{x \in [\delta, 2A - \delta]} \vert \log(x) - P _n (x) \vert }$... Read more

Box with limit points

[Minor observation] Notation: Let ${ (x _j) _{j \geq 1} }$ be a sequence in a normed space. A sequence ${ (x _j) _{ j \in J} }$ with ${ J \subseteq \mathbb{Z} _{\gt 0} }$ infinite is called a subsequence. We say subsequence ${ (x _j) _{j \in J} }$ converges to ${ p }$ as ${ j \in J, j \to \infty }$ if for every ${ \epsilon \gt 0 },$ ${ x _j ... Read more

Pythagoras' Theorem

[An old proof. “By finding scaled versions of the triangle within itself”. Yet somewhat mysterious.] So ${c = ( \frac{b}{c} ) b + ( \frac{a}{c} ) a. }$ Read more

[NPTEL] Commutative Algebra - I

Instructor: Prof. A. V. Jayanthan Link to lectures Book: Atiyah-Macdonald ROUGH NOTES Lec-1: Rings, subrings, homomorphisms, ideals Lec-2: Prime and maximal ideals Lec-3: Every nonzero ring has a maximal ideal. (Apply this to $A/I$ where ideal $I \subsetneq A.$ From correspondence thm, there is a maximal ideal containing $I$. Especially ev... Read more

[NPTEL] Rings and Fields - II

Link to part-1 ROUGH NOTES Lec-21: An ascending chain $I _1 \subseteq I _2 \subseteq \ldots$ of ideals stabilizes if $I _m = I _{m+1} = \ldots$ for some $m$; Ring $R$ is Noetherian (ie every ideal is finitely generated) if and only if every ascending chain of ideals stabilizes $\implies$ Let ideals $I _1 \subseteq I _2 \subseteq \ldots.$ No... Read more