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...beautiful mind lives in Quincy House. That mind belongs to Sheel C. Ganatra ’06, a sophomore concentrating in both Mathematics and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, who has wowed the math community with his solution to a problem that had previously proved a real stumper...
...problem, posed in 1990 when little Ganatra was just learning his fractions, asked whether or not one light ray could escape from any configuration of circular mirrors in a plane. Ganatra’s solution is particularly astounding in its appeal to topology—the study of the abstract shape of space—because it constituted a novel, creative approach to the problem. His fresh solution has opened doors for further research and has practical implications for the study of illumination and acoustics...
...door or as saloon-style swinging doors, but rather like “a sort of side door with an [elevated] window—one of those glass doors you see in movies that people jump into and the glass shatters.” This analogy seems fair, as Ganatra certainly crashed the math party, having accomplished his mathematical feat at such a young age. After much prodding, Ganatra finally admitted to only studying specific infinite cases of the question, as opposed to addressing the entire question by looking at each and every case. This can slide, however...
...Okay, so Ganatra “didn’t answer the entire question,” but does he feel lacking in ambition? “No, not at all,” says Ganatra. And rightly...
...result, the first-years learned a lot more about cardboard than they ever wanted to know, Ganatra said...