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Olympiad

  • Symmetric Polynomials I wrote notes for Symmetric polynomials.
  • Newton Sums (Sym Poly part 2) This was the continuation of the Symmetric Polynomials post and talked about Newton sums. 
     
  • My first own problem set This was my first problem set. All the problems are my own, though ideas are probably not new. The problems are of the level AMC-8 or AMC-10 level.


  • School notes and more problem sets The post where I send more notes( handwritten). And some more problem sets compilation.


  • Vectors The basic introduction to vectors. It covers all the fundamentals!


  • Let's complex bash part 1 A series where I am  posting my notes to "Complex number in geometry."

  • Let's complex bash part 2 The second post of the series.


  • Probability is global Olympiad Notes on probability with $17+18=35$ problems.


  • Expected value Continuing from "the probability is global", we do expected value along with $16$ problems.


  • Recurrence Relations  Olympiad Notes on Recurrence Relations where almost each problem is s different topic and makes us learn something new.
    We have $14$ problems to solve.

  • Graph theory part 1 Olympiad notes on Graph theory. In this post, I talk about Degrees, degrees sequence, etc with $8$ problems and many theorems.


  • Graph Theory part 2 Olympiad notes on Graph theory. In this post, I talk about the Euler path, Ore's Theorem, Hamiltonian, etc with $8$ problems and many theorems.

  • Graph Theory part 3 Olympiad notes on Graph theory. In this post, I talk about planar graphs with $6$ problems and theorems.

  • Graph Theory Part 4 Olympiad notes on Graph theory. In this post, I talk about Independent sets and covering sets

GRADE 10

Life processes

Heredity And evolution

Our Environment

How do organisms reproduce

Outcomes of democracy

Political Parties



Comments

  1. PranavAugust 15, 2021 at 3:02 PM

    Hi! I think you should link your complex number and vectors notes blog posts too ! Would be helpful to find.

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    1. Sunaina Pati August 18, 2021 at 5:39 PM

      whoopsie I need to complete my series of that. Thanks for reminding!

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  2. The Big Bright BlogSeptember 24, 2021 at 4:07 PM

    Hey Sunaina! I'm a fellow Indian and another math-lover (find me on MSE as Spectre)
    Just letting you know that I'm grateful to you for having provided me a few problems to try. As a reward, here's a book of problems by a famous mathematician (not sure if you've ever tried it before... : https://www.isinj.com/mt-aime/250%20Problems%20in%20Elementary%20Number%20Theory%20-%20Sierpinski%20(1970).pdf

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    1. Sunaina Pati September 24, 2021 at 4:28 PM

      OMG woah! So happy :D.. This never happened to me, thank you so much for the book! I really love it! I will sure try it!

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    2. The Big Bright BlogSeptember 25, 2021 at 2:39 PM

      The thing is that you found time to learn what you love in math. Me still hanging back due to the restrictions around me (perhaps my own problems, no idea...) but still I somehow caught up with a small bit of the basics... I feel jealous of your capability :D...

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