Sets
Sets
Sets
Sets and their representations. Empty set. Finite & Infinite sets. Equal sets. Subsets. Subsets of
the set of real numbers. Power set. Universal set. Venn diagrams. Union and Intersection of sets.
Difference of sets. Complement of a set.
Relations & Functions:
Ordered pairs, Cartesian product of sets. Number of elements in the cartesian product of two finite
sets. Cartesian product of the reals with itself (upto R x R x R). Definition of relation, pictorial
diagrams, domain. co-domain and range of a relation. Function as a special kind of relation from
one set to another. Pictorial representation a function, domain, co-domain & range of a function.
Real valued function of the real variable, domain and range of these functions, constant, identity,
polynomial, rational, modulus, signum and greatest integer functions with their graphs. Sum,
difference, product and quotients of functions. Sets and their Representations. Union, intersection
and complements of sets, and their algebraic properties, Relations, equivalence relations,
mappings, one-one, into and onto mappings, composition of mappings.
Principle of Mathematical Induction:
Processes of the proof by induction. The principle of mathematical induction.
Permutations & Combinations:
Fundamental principle of counting. Factorial n. Permutations and combinations, derivation of
formulae and their connections, simple applications.
Complex Numbers:
Complex numbers, Algebraic properties of complex numbers, Argand plane and polar
representation of complex numbers, Statement of Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, solution of
quadratic equations in the complex number system. Modulus and Argument of a complex number,
square root of a complex number. Cube roots of unity, triangle inequality.
Linear Inequalities:
Linear inequalities. Algebraic solutions of linear inequalities in one variable and their representation
on the number line. Graphical solution of linear inequalities in two variables. Solution of system of
linear inequalities in two variables- graphically. Absolute value, Inequality of means, CauchySchwarz Inequality, Tchebychefs Inequality.
Binomial Theorem:
Statement and proof of the binomial theorem for positive integral indices. Pascal's triangle, general
and middle term in binomial expansion, simple applications. Binomial Theorem for any index.
Properties of Binomial Co-efficients. Simple applications for approximations.
Sequence and Series:
Sequence and Series. Arithmetic, Geometric and Harmonic progressions (G.P.), General terms and
sum to n terms of A.P., G.P. and H.P. Arithmetic Mean (A.M.), Geometric Mean (G.M.), and
Harmonic Mean (H.M.), Relation between A.M., G.M. and H.M. Insertion of Arithmetic, Geometric
and Harmonic means between two given numbers. Special series, Sum to n terms of the special
series. . Arithmetico-Geometric Series, Exponential and Logarithmic series.
Elementary Number Theory:
Peanos Axioms, Principle of Induction; First Principle, Second Principle, Third Principle, Basis
Representation Theorem, Greatest Integer Function Test of Divisibility, Euclids algorithm, The
Unique Factorisation Theorem, Congruence, Sum of divisors of a number . Eulers totient function,
Theorems of Fermat and Wilson.
Quadratic Equations:
Quadratic equations in real and complex number system and their solutions. Relation between
roots and co-efficients, nature of roots, formation of quadratic equations with given roots;
Symmetric functions of roots, equations reducible to quadratic equations application to practical
problems.
Polynomial functions, Remainder & Factor Theorems and their converse, Relation between roots
and coefficients, Symmetric functions of the roots of an equation. Common roots.
Trigonometric Functions:
Positive and negative angles. Measuring angles in radians & in degrees and conversion from one
measure to another. Definition of trigonometric functions with the help of unit circle. Graphs of
trigonometric functions. Expressing sin (x+y) and cos (x+y) in terms of sinx, siny, cosx & cosy.
Identities related to
sin2x, cos2x, tan 2x, sin3x, cos3x and tan3x. Solution of trigonometric
equations, Proofs and simple applications of sine and cosine formulae. Solution of triangles.
Heights and Distances.
Differential Calculus:
Polynomials, rational, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions, Inverse functions.
Graphs of simple functions. Limits, Continuity and differentiability; Derivative, Geometrical
interpretation of the derivative, Derivative of sum, difference, product and quotient of functions.
Derivatives of polynomial and trigonometric functions, Derivative of composite functions; chain
rule, derivatives of inverse trigonometric functions, derivative of implicit function. Exponential and
logarithmic functions and their derivatives. Logarithmic differentiation. Derivative of functions
expressed in parametric forms. Second order derivatives. Rolle's and Lagrange's Mean Value
Theorems and their geometric interpretations.
Applications of Derivatives:
Applications of derivatives: rate of change, increasing / decreasing functions, tangents & normals,
approximation, maxima and minima.
Integral Calculus:
Integral as an anti-derivative. Fundamental integrals involving algebraic, trigonometric,
exponential and logarithmic functions. Integration by substitution, by parts and by partial
fractions. Integration using trigonometric identities. Definite integrals as a limit of a sum,
Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Basic Properties of definite integrals and evaluation of definite
integrals; Applications of definite integrals in finding the area under simple curves, especially lines,
areas of circles / Parabolas / ellipses, area between the two curves.
Differential Equations:
Definition, order and degree, general and particular solutions of a differential equation. Formation
of differential equation whose general solution is given. Solution of differential equations by
method of separation of variables, homogeneous differential equations of first order and first
degree. Solutions of linear differential equation.
Vectors:
Vectors and scalars, magnitude and direction of a vector. Direction cosines / ratios of vectors.
Types of vectors (equal, unit, zero, parallel and collinear vectors), position vector of a point,
negative of a vector, components of a vector, addition of vectors, multiplication of a vector by a
scalar, position vector of a point dividing a line segment in a given ratio. Scalar (dot) product of
vectors, projection of a vector on a
line. Vector (cross) product of vectors.
Statistics:
Calculation of Mean, median and mode of grouped and ungrouped data. Measures of dispersion;
mean deviation, variance and standard deviation of ungrouped / grouped data. Analysis of
frequency distributions with equal means but different variances.
Probability:
Random experiments: outcomes, sample spaces. Events: occurrence of events, exhaustive events,
mutually exclusive events, Probability of an event, probability of 'not', 'and' & 'or' events.,
Multiplication theorem on probability. Conditional probability, independent events,, Baye's theorem,
Random variable and its probability distribution, Binomial and Poisson distributions and their
properties.
Linear Algebra
Examples of vector spaces, vector spaces and subspace, independence in vector spaces, existence
of a Basis, the row and column spaces of a matrix, sum and intersection of subspaces. Linear
Transformations and Matrices, Kernel, Image, and Isomorphism, change of bases, Similarity, Rank
and Nullity. Inner Product spaces, orthonormal sets and the Gram-Schmidt Process, the Method of
Least Squares. Basic theory of Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues, algebraic and geometric multiplicity
of eigen value, diagonalization of matrices, application to system of linear differential equations.
Generalized Inverses of matrices, Moore-Penrose generalized inverse.
Real quadratic forms, reduction and classification of quadratic forms, index and signature,
triangular reduction of a pair of forms, singular value decomposition, extrema of quadratic
forms. Jordan canonical form, vector and matrix decomposition.
Analysis
Monotone functions and functions of bounded variation. Real valued functions, continuous
functions, Absolute continuity of functions, standard properties. Uniform continuity, sequence of
functions, uniform convergence, power series and radius of convergence. Riemann-Stieltjes
integration, standard properties, multiple integrals and their evaluation by repeated integration,
change of variable in multiple integration. Uniform convergence in improper integrals,
differentiation under the sign of integral - Leibnitz rule.
Dirichlet integral, Liouvilles extension. Introduction to n-dimensional Euclidean space, open and
closed intervals (rectangles), compact sets, Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem, Heine-Borel theorem.
Maxima-minima of functions of several variables, constrained maxima-minima of functions.
Analytic function, Cauchy-Riemann equations, singularities, Statement of Cauchy theorem and of
Cauchy integral formula with applications, Residue and contour integration. Fourier and Laplace
transforms, Mellins inversion theorem.