Kalpesh Deenbandhu Akhani
While in the last year of SC, he brought the book 'Diophantine Equation' from the office of 'Gujarat Granth Nirman Board'. The author of this book is Dr. Arunbhai m. Vaidya should also have a name in the text books of the text book association. Thus I knew Vaidyasaheb's name before coming to 'School of Science'. In 1989 B. Sc. After passing M. in 'School of Science'. Had to go to ask for SC admission. Had to go to the second room on the left in the math department. Enquired, exited. Notice the plaque on the room. It was written on it. Dr. A. M. physician. After leaving the math department, I realized that I had questioned the mathematician. M. Sc. In Part-1, sir will teach the subject of Complex Analysis. Sir's lecture is very enjoyable. His specialty was that he would teach in English and immediately explain it in pure and sweet Gujarati. That is why he started getting deeply interested in the so-called tough subject. Given a question from the first chapter in the early days. The answer was to be written and given to them. I think he got four papers from the class. One of the papers was mine too. Verified in fine letters in question. 'This is wrong', 'This is yet to be proved.' Such remarks made in it. I still saved that paper. As per the normal system a paper was circulated for attendance. Every student had to write his number in it. In this system, the numbers of absent students were written by their friends. Later the numbers were spoken. It was an unwritten rule that during the other hours, we dared to speak the number of others, especially our hostel mates, sometimes in exchange. Under Arunbhai Vaidyasaheb, no student dares to report wrong attendance when he is attending and his keen eyes are roaming around the class. Sometimes a challenging question would come in the class that he would immediately say: 'Is there anyone in the class whose mother has eaten all the red ginger?' The class was enraptured by the sweetly spoken words. Loved looking at the notes on the board in beautiful letters and literally dotting note after note. Vaidyasaheb was the editor of 'Suganitam' at that time. He is known to love maths and puzzles. Then a mathematical trick came to my mind. 720719 is such a number. Dividing it by any number from 2 to 16 increases the remainder by one less than the divisor number. Asked sir to know what is the secret behind this gammat. He clarified the secret of Gammat. L of consecutive numbers from 2 to 16 Sa. A. 720720 is the number. Now the remainder increases by one less than the number. Hence subtracting one from 720720 gives the number 720719. It was the fortune of my life that I got to study under talented professors in the 'School of Science'. M. Sc. – While in Part-2 there was 'Ahmedabad' or 'Gujarat Bandh Proclamation' for some reason. All the colleges in Ahmedabad were closed. The building was also almost closed. All the students in the math department came. We were all confused. Our professors said, 'Either attend the lecture or leave.' We all sat in the lecture. Student Representative Tejas Patel Pvt. Came to stop the lecture of Vaidyasaheb. There was a call for a student representative in a college in the university area of Ahmedabad. Arunbhai expelled him from the class. This occasion made us think that this can happen in other colleges of Ahmedabad right? Received the virtues of mathematics and education from Arunbhai Vaidya. We have been blessed to have a share of his qualities. May all have such a Guru! Started writing in 'Suganit' from 1997. Vaidya Sahib's encouragement is important in that. Proud to be a student of Vaidyasaheb. Arunbhai has continuously encouraged any student, teacher or person interested in mathematics. He has had a great influence on the mathematical world of Gujarat. Salutations to such our Guru! }
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