About me

Portrait of Pratyush Sharma

I am a senior undergraduate student in Mathematics and Computing at IIT Delhi, interested in problems at the intersection of mathematical structure and computation. I will be joining WorldQuant as a quantitative researcher, where I aim to apply these ideas in a real life, data-driven setting. My academic interests include algorithms, mathematical problem solving, and theoretical computer science, along with a growing focus on quantitative methods and research-oriented work.

A large part of the last to last year was my research internship at Bocconi University, where I worked with Adam Polak. The internship gave me a much closer view of how good theory is actually done and how much clarity matters when pushing an argument to its final form.

Beyond academics, I work on a range of side projects and write regularly, mostly around mathematics and problem solving. This site brings these together in one place featuring my mathematical blogs, a collection of projects I am working on, and a collection of the games I am currently trying to play with while pointing to more detailed pages for each.

What I enjoy most

Questions that resist the first clean idea and then reward patience with a surprisingly elegant structure.

What I want this site to become

A richer home for research, writing, experiments, and the evolving shape of my academic work.

How I like to work

Carefully, curiously, and with a strong preference for explanations that sharpen understanding instead of merely summarizing results.

What keeps me coming back

The feeling that a difficult idea can eventually be made both precise and beautiful.