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Personal Essay: Why I Want To Study Mathematics

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“I learned MAGIC!” This is what I told my friends who were gathered at my place, playing video games on PlayStation 4, two years ago. After hearing this, they stopped and stared at me like I had said something strange. One of them asked: “Magic with playing cards?” to which I replied “Yeah!”. “Why don’t you show us something”, another remarked. I have been eagerly waiting for someone to say this. I brought out my deck of cards, shuffled it and handed it over to my friend. I asked him to cut it once and requested all five of them to pick one card from the top and memorize it. Then I demonstrated my abilities in magic by accurately guessing every card. They were all astonished. This was the first time I had ever performed a trick and the priceless response …show more content…

I am curious about Mathematics and Physics and I can regard my academic success to this inquisitiveness I possess. It has enabled me to study and understand difficult mathematical concepts and it has stimulated me to delve deeper into the laws of our universe. As a man of science, my intellectual curiosity motivates me to relate everything in my life with Mathematics. I strive to find a mathematical symmetry in all my activities and employ science to establish discipline and structure in my life. My pursuit of harmony took me to magic and I found it self-fulfilling and rewarding. Moreover, magic derives from mathematics itself. In case of magic tricks, there is a lot of science involved. Certain tricks can only be performed if the deck is arranged in a specific order governed by a mathematical equation. Similarly, some tricks require the memorization of the positions of certain cards while others can simply be performed with deceit and distraction. By utilizing the rules of probability and statistics, math allows me to create tricks that have a profound effect on the spectators as it leaves them

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