Gaurav Bhatnagar

Gaurav Bhatnagar is a mathematician who communicates the beauty of mathematics, engineers rich mathematical experiences for his students, and subjects them to a never-ending stream of bad jokes.

Discover Elementary Number Theory

Written by Gaurav Bhatnagar, Ojas Kumar and Sagar Shrivastava (Hem Aunty Publications (2026)). A math problem book written for bright High School students and beginning math undergraduates.

Available for free from here.

Research and Exposition

My research interests are in Special Functions, Combinatorics and Elementary Number Theory.
I am also interested in giving a discovery approach to Ramanujan’s identities.
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Who wants to be a Ramanujan?

Apparently, everyone. As a teacher I am focussed on encouraging my students’ mathematical creativity. This site has many links to resources for students.
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Recent Blog posts

  • Mummy's 90th birthday

    Mummy's 90th birthday

    My mother, Dr. Hem Bhatnagar, completed 90 years on October 28, 2019.  We asked her family and friends if they wished to say something in tribute or regarding their association with her. Madhulika  and I have collated them as a book, which was presented to mummy on her birthday. It was meant to be a…

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  • Get Smart! Maths Concepts
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    Get Smart! Maths Concepts

    The book is a survey of middle school math, and covers concepts that I feel will be useful for all students to know. It may even give a quick review of things you need to know in pre-algebra and algebra, before you encounter them again in a calculus class. The emphasis is on thinking mathematically,…

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