Generic Elective (GE) - Sem 5 - Mathematics
Generic Elective (GE) - Sem 5 - Mathematics
Generic Elective (GE) - Sem 5 - Mathematics
BY DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
Category-IV
Course title & Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-requisite
Code criteria of the course
Lecture Tutorial Practical/
Practice
SYLLABUS OF GE-5(i)
UNIT-I: Errors and Roots of Transcendental and Polynomial Equations (12 hours)
Errors: Roundoff error, Local truncation error, Global truncation error; Order of a method,
Convergence, and terminal conditions; Bisection method, Secant method, Regula−Falsi
method, Newton−Raphson method.
Essential Readings
1. Chapra, Steven C. (2018). Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB for Engineers and
Scientists (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
2. Fausett, Laurene V. (2009). Applied Numerical Analysis Using MATLAB. Pearson. India.
3. Jain, M. K., Iyengar, S. R. K., & Jain R. K. (2012). Numerical Methods for Scientific and
Engineering Computation (6th ed.). New Age International Publishers. Delhi.
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Suggestive Reading
• Bradie, Brian (2006). A Friendly Introduction to Numerical Analysis. Pearson Education
India. Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. Third Impression, 2011.
Note: Non programmable scientific calculator may be allowed in the University examination.
Course title & Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-requisite
Code criteria of the course
Lecture Tutorial Practical/
Practice
Learning Outcomes: This course will enable the students to use Python:
• For numerical and symbolic computation in mathematical problems from calculus,
algebra, and geometry.
• To tabulate and plot diverse graphs of functions and understand tracing of shapes,
geometries, and fractals.
• To prepare smart documents with LaTeX interface.
SYLLABUS OF GE-5(ii)
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Theory
UNIT – I: Drawing Shapes, Graphing and Visualization (15 hours)
Drawing diverse shapes using code and Turtle; Using matplotlib and NumPy for data
organization, Structuring and plotting lines, bars, markers, contours and fields, managing
subplots and axes; Pyplot and subplots, Animations of decay, Bayes update, Random walk.
UNIT – II: Numerical and Symbolic Solutions of Mathematical Problems (18 hours)
NumPy for scalars and linear algebra on n-dimensional arrays; Computing eigenspace,
Solving dynamical systems on coupled ordinary differential equations, Functional
programming fundamentals using NumPy; Symbolic computation and SymPy:
Differentiation and integration of functions, Limits, Solution of ordinary differential
equations, Computation of eigenvalues, Solution of expressions at multiple points
(lambdify), Simplification of expressions, Factorization, Collecting and canceling terms,
Partial fraction decomposition, Trigonometric simplification, Exponential and logarithms,
Series expansion and finite differences, Solvers, Recursive equations.
UNIT – III: Document Generation with Python and LaTeX (12 hours)
Pretty printing using SymPy; Pandas API for IO tools: interfacing Python with text/csv,
HTML, LaTeX, XML, MSExcel, OpenDocument, and other such formats; Pylatex and writing
document files from Python with auto-computed values, Plots and visualizations.
Practical (30 hours): Software labs using IDE such as Spyder and Python Libraries.
• Installation, update, and maintenance of code, troubleshooting.
• Implementation of all methods learned in theory.
• Explore and explain API level integration and working of two problems with
standard Python code.
Essential Readings
1. Farrell, Peter (2019). Math Adventures with Python. No Starch Press. ISBN Number:
978-1-59327-867-0.
2. Farrell, Peter and et al. (2020). The Statistics and Calculus with Python Workshop.
Packet Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-80020-976-3.
3. Saha, Amit (2015). Doing Math with Python. No Starch Press. ISBN: 978-1-59327-640-9
Suggestive Readings
• Morley, Sam (2022). Applying Math with Python (2nd ed.). Packet Publishing Ltd. ISBN:
978-1-80461-837-0
• Online resources and documentation on the libraries, such as:
o https://matplotlib.org
o https://sympy.org
o https://pandas.pydata.org
o https://numpy.org
o https://pypi.org
o https://patrickwalls.github.io/mathematicalpython/
Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the Examination
Branch, University of Delhi, from time to time.
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