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 Hey Everyone!!

This is my first Blog post. So let me give a brief introduction about myself. I am Sunaina Pati. I love solving Olympiad math problems,  learning crazy astronomical facts , playing hanabi and anti-chess, listening to Kpop , love making diagrams in Geogebra and  teaching other people maths 😊 . I love geometry , number theory and Combinatorics . I am starting this blog to keep myself a bit motivated in doing studies 😎 . Right now, I am planning to write walkthroughs on some of the best problems I tried over the week which can refer for hints 'cause solutions contain some major spoilers and one learns a lot while solving the problem on his own rather than seeing solutions . Also, there will be some reviews about Kpop songs, study techniques, my day to day lifestyles,exam reviews and ofc some non-sense surprises 😂.  I am planning to  try posting every week on Sundays or Saturdays ( most probably) ! Though there is no guarantee about when I will post , so if you are interested, then do subscribe 😄 , so that you don't miss out anything new!

Also I am Sunaina Pati in MSE and Jelena_ivanchic in AOPS.


See y'all soon! 

Sunaina 💜

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  1. ArpanNovember 29, 2020 at 7:24 PM

    I hate Kpop

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    1. Sunaina Pati April 8, 2021 at 6:55 AM

      oh ic..

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    2. The Big Bright BlogMarch 29, 2022 at 11:58 AM

      Sunaina didi (I'm not sure if you're older than me but nvm), saw you in the qualifiers' list to APMO. Congrats!

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    3. Sunaina Pati April 7, 2022 at 6:35 AM

      Haiii Thanku uwu.. I am older than most of the people so a very high chance that I am your senior :P..

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  2. ArpanNovember 29, 2020 at 7:25 PM

    I like maths

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  3. AnandNovember 29, 2020 at 7:27 PM

    Nice! Looking forward for interesting posts 😀
    #godyaarproyaar

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  4. Srishti NagpalNovember 29, 2020 at 8:19 PM

    Awesome! Keep going 😄

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  5. Rohan GoyalNovember 29, 2020 at 8:33 PM

    Awesome!

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  6. ArjunDecember 11, 2020 at 9:23 PM

    I like to solve almost all problems by myself and not see the solutions, i still haven't done all your MSE questions :\ Anyways, looking forward to more interesting questions!

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    1. Sunaina Pati December 12, 2020 at 8:10 AM

      oopsie, now I am trying to guess who you are :P.. well I won't post solutions, cause they are bit more time taking, I write walkthroughs , but yeah trying problem urself is the best, One can refer walkthroughs for hints , cause solutions might reveal spoilers . Thanks for the comment! :) .

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    2. ArjunDecember 17, 2020 at 12:34 AM

      For the discord id, we need the full id, name+ 4 digit tag, hope you add it soon

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    3. Sunaina Pati December 17, 2020 at 8:24 AM

      I think AOPS is fine for contacting!! So, ig Discord isn't needed! :)

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  7. ArjunDecember 18, 2020 at 1:08 AM

    Yeah AOPS is more than enough to contact, i just wanted to let you know that you hadn't put the whole of it there ;)

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