3406VS Univ NLR B.SC Mathematics IInd Sem 2016 Syllabus

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B.A./B.Sc.

FIRST YEAR MATHEMATICS SYLLABUS


SEMESTER – II, PAPER - 2
SOLID GEOMETRY
60 Hrs
UNIT – I (12 hrs) : The Plane :
Equation of plane in terms of its intercepts on the axis, Equations of the plane through the given
points, Length of the perpendicular from a given point to a given plane, Bisectors of angles between two
planes, Combined equation of two planes, Orthogonal projection on a plane.
UNIT – II (12 hrs) : The Line :
Equation of a line; Angle between a line and a plane; The condition that a given line may lie in a
given plane; The condition that two given lines are coplanar; Number of arbitrary constants in the
equations of straight line; Sets of conditions which determine a line; The shortest distance between two
lines; The length and equations of the line of shortest distance between two straight lines; Length of the
perpendicular from a given point to a given line;
UNIT – III (12 hrs) : Sphere :
Definition and equation of the sphere; Equation of the sphere through four given points; Plane
sections of a sphere; Intersection of two spheres; Equation of a circle; Sphere through a given circle;
Intersection of a sphere and a line; Power of a point; Tangent plane; Plane of contact; Polar plane; Pole of
a Plane; Conjugate points; Conjugate planes;
UNIT – IV (12 hrs) : Sphere &Cones :
Angle of intersection of two spheres; Conditions for two spheres to be orthogonal; Radical plane;
Coaxial system of spheres; Simplified from of the equation of two spheres.
Definitions of a cone; vertex; guiding curve; generators; Equation of the cone with a given vertex
and guiding curve; Enveloping cone of a sphere; Equations of cones with vertex at origin are
homogenous; Condition that the general equation of the second degree should represent a cone;
Condition that a cone may have three mutually perpendicular generators;
UNIT – V (12 hrs) Cones & Cylinders :
Intersection of a line and a quadric cone; Tangent lines and tangent plane at a point; Condition
that a plane may touch a cone; Reciprocal cones; Intersection of two cones with a common vertex; Right
circular cone; Equation of the right circular cone with a given vertex; axis and semi-vertical angle.
Definition of a cylinder; Equation to the cylinder whose generators intersect a given conic and are
parallel to a given line; Enveloping cylinder of a sphere; The right circular cylinder; Equation of the right
circular cylinder with a given axis and radius.
Reference Books :
1. Analytical Solid Geometry by Shanti Narayan and P.K. Mittal, Published by S. Chand & Company
Ltd. 7th Edition.
2. A text book of Mathematics for BA/B.Sc Vol 1, by V Krishna Murthy & Others, Published by
S. Chand & Company, New Delhi.
3. A text Book of Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions, by P.K. Jain and Khaleel Ahmed,
Published by Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1999.
4. Co-ordinate Geometry of two and three dimensions by P. Balasubrahmanyam, K.Y. Subrahmanyam,
G.R. Venkataraman published by Tata-MC Gran-Hill Publishers Company Ltd., New Delhi.
Suggested Activities:
Seminar/ Quiz/ Assignments/ Project on Application of Solid Geometry in Engineering
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