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Statement of Purpose (Saheb Mohapatra)

The author expresses a strong passion for Algebra and Mathematics, detailing their academic journey at ISI Bangalore, including projects in Commutative Algebra and a summer research program at TIFR-Mumbai. They have explored various mathematical fields such as topology, algebraic number theory, and complex analysis, while actively participating in Math Club activities. The author is interested in pursuing further research in Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic Topology, and Algebraic Geometry under the guidance of specific professors.

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Statement of Purpose (Saheb Mohapatra)

The author expresses a strong passion for Algebra and Mathematics, detailing their academic journey at ISI Bangalore, including projects in Commutative Algebra and a summer research program at TIFR-Mumbai. They have explored various mathematical fields such as topology, algebraic number theory, and complex analysis, while actively participating in Math Club activities. The author is interested in pursuing further research in Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry, Algebraic Topology, and Algebraic Geometry under the guidance of specific professors.

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Statement of Purpose

Right from the beginning of B.Math at ISI Bangalore, I was greatly drawn to Algebra. I
would often read several expository articles and discuss them with my peers. During the
summer of my 1st year at ISI, I was in a group reading project in Commutative Algebra
organized by the Math Club. I delivered a talk on Euclidean Domains with Unique
Quotient and Remainder, based on an AMM article. Since then, I was interested to find
characterisation of Euclidean Domains. I read several research articles in this pursuit,
including the ones on Motzkin’s construction.
During the summer of 2nd year of B.Math, I was selected for the VSRP-2022 programme
organized by TIFR-Mumbai. Under the guidance of Dr. Vijaylaxmi Trivedi, I did a project
on Homological Methods in Commutative Algebra. I primarily studied the functors “Ext”
and “Tor”. At the end of the programme, I delivered a presentation on “Some
characterisations of Flatness using Tor functor”. I also guided a group reading project on
Commutative algebra where we covered “Lasker-Noether Theorem” and “Hilbert
Nullstellensatz”, as a Math Club activity at ISI.
Parallel to all these, I was very much attracted to topology. During a course on Differential
Topology in my 3rd year, I thoroughly covered the first 2 chapters of the book by Guillemin
and Pollack. I particularly enjoyed working out the proofs of Jordan Curve Theorem and
Classification of 1-manifolds. In my Algebraic Geometry course, I thoroughly covered the
first 6 chapters of the book Algebraic Curves by Fulton.
During my final year of B.Math, I took Algebraic Number Theory as an elective. I covered
the basics of Valuations, Ramification Theory and solved exercises from the first 6 chapters
of the book Number Fields, by Marcus.
Recently, in the last summer, I worked alongside a research scholar (Rakesh Kumar) at ISI
Kolkata on the problem of Mutually Unbiased Bases in Non-Prime Power Dimensions.
We studied various proofs of the problem in prime-power dimensions and also explored some
recent graph-theoretic approaches to the general open problem. This semester, I am giving
lectures on Complex Analysis as a part of the Math Club activities at ISI. I am also learning
Algebraic Topology by giving lectures to my classmates.
What I bring to the table is a strong grasp of all the various branches of Mathematics taught
at undergraduate and graduate levels. I have internalised proofs of major results and
problem-solving strategies of various branches. This equips me with a variety of tools for
approaching a problem. I am interested in the project on Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry
to be supervised by Dr. Jim Borger. In addition, I am also interested in the projects on
Algebraic Topology (to be supervised by Vigleik Angeltveit) and Algebraic Geometry
(to be supervised by Anand Deopurkar).

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