Chasing A Conjecture: Inside the Mind of a Mathematician

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Chasing A Conjecture: Inside the Mind of a Mathematician - Book reading and discussion

05:00 PM

December 08, 2025

Infosys Science Foundation, Bangalore

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Chasing A Conjecture: Inside the Mind of a Mathematician - Book reading and discussion

Event

Catch Infosys Prize laureate and mathematics jury chair, Chandrashekhar Khare in conversation with science historian and director of the Science Gallery Bengaluru, Jahnavi Phalkey about his memoir, Chasing a Conjecture: Inside the Mind of a Mathematician.

In this compelling memoir, Khare takes us on an enchanting journey through his growth as a person and a mathematician and the creative pursuit that is abstract mathematics. It is a journey that spans decades and continents, and weaves together music, literature and art, in this evocative story of a mathematician’s life.

Speakers

Chandrashekhar Khare

Infosys Prize 2010 laureate in Mathematical Sciences Fermat Prize in 2007 for his work on Serre’s modularity conjecture.

Jahnavi Phalkey

Infosys Prize 2023 laureate in Humanities, Director of the Science Gallery Bengaluru.