And that's actually one of the most difficult and most advanced parts of pure mathematics.

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Pioneers in science only rarely make discoveries by extracting ideas from pure mathematics.

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The puzzle is then more one of poker-type psychology than pure mathematics.

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"I had no interest in pure mathematics and wanted to go beyond it and look at a phenomenon which is happening in nature for the benefit of mankind, " says Tulsi on his decision to join IISc.

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Age 16: Some friend gets him library copy of book titled A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics and was a collection of 5000 theorems.

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