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The document outlines the course structure and syllabi for a minor programme in mathematics for the BTech 2010 batch onwards. It includes: 1) A table listing the courses over semesters 3-7, including course codes, titles, credits, and topics covered like real analysis, mathematical statistics, scientific computing, modern algebra, and differential geometry. 2) Details for each course, including topics covered, textbooks, and references. 3) Course codes, titles, credits and a brief description of topics covered in each selected course.

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Department of Mathematics

The document outlines the course structure and syllabi for a minor programme in mathematics for the BTech 2010 batch onwards. It includes: 1) A table listing the courses over semesters 3-7, including course codes, titles, credits, and topics covered like real analysis, mathematical statistics, scientific computing, modern algebra, and differential geometry. 2) Details for each course, including topics covered, textbooks, and references. 3) Course codes, titles, credits and a brief description of topics covered in each selected course.

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Course Structure & Syllabi for MINOR Programme in Mathematics


(To be applicable for BTech 2010-batch onwards)
Semester Course Course Title L-T-P-C
Code
3rd MA 211M Real Analysis 3-0-0-6
4th MA 212M Mathematical Statistics 3-0-0-6
th MA 311M Scientific Computing
5 3-0-2-8
th MA 312M Modern Algebra
6 3-0-0-6
th MA 411M Differential Geometry
7 3-0-0-6
Total credits 15- 0- 2-32

MA 211M Real Analysis (3-0-0-6)

Metrics and norms – metric spaces, normed vector spaces, convergence in metric spaces,
completeness, pointwise and uniform convergence of sequence of functions; Functions of
several variables – differentiability, chain rule, Taylor’s theorem, inverse function theorem,
implicit function theorem; Introduction to Lebesgue measure and integral – measureable sets,
measurable functions, Lebesgue integral, dominated convergence theorem, monotone
convergence theorem.

Texts:
1. N. L. Carothers, Real Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
nd
2. J. E. Marsden and M. J. Hoffman, Elementary Classical Analysis, 2 Ed., W. H. Freeman, 1993.
Reference:
nd
1. M. Capinski and E. Kopp, Measure, Integral and Probability, 2 Ed., Springer, 2007.

MA 212M Mathematical Statistics (3-0-0-6)

Probability – probability spaces, random variables and random vectors, functions of random
vectors, univariate and multivariate distributions, mathematical expectations, moment
generating functions, convergence in probability and in distribution and related results;
Sampling distributions; Point estimation – estimators, sufficiency, completeness, minimum
variance unbiased estimation, maximum likelihood estimation, method of moments, Cramer-
Rao inequality, consistency; Interval estimation; Testing of hypotheses – tests and critical
regions, Neymann-Pearson lemma, uniformly most powerful tests, likelihood ratio tests;
Correlation and linear regression.
Texts:
th
1. R. V. Hogg, J. W. McKean and A. Craig, Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, 6 Ed., Pearson
Education India, 2006.
2. B. L. S. Prakasa Rao, A First Course in Probability and Statistics, World Scientific/Cambridge
University Press India, 2009.
References:
nd
1. V. K. Rohatgi and A. K. Md. E. Saleh, An Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 2 Ed., Wiley
India, 2000.
nd
2. G. Casella and R. L. Berger, Statistical Inference, 2 Ed., Duxbury Press/Thompson Learning
India, 2002.
MA 311M Scientific Computing (3-0-2-8)

Errors; Iterative methods for nonlinear equations; Polynomial interpolation, spline interpolations;
Numerical integration based on interpolation, quadrature methods, Gaussian quadrature; Initial
value problems for ordinary differential equations – Euler method, Runge-Kutta methods, multi-
step methods, predictor-corrector method, stability and convergence analysis; Finite difference
schemes for partial differential equations – Explicit and implicit schemes; Consistency, stability
and convergence; Stability analysis (matrix method and von Neumann method), Lax
equivalence theorem; Finite difference schemes for initial and boundary value problems (FTCS,
Backward Euler and Crank-Nicolson schemes, ADI methods, Lax Wendroff method, upwind
scheme).

Texts:
rd
1. D. Kincaid and W. Cheney, Numerical Analysis: Mathematics of Scientific Computing, 3 Ed.,
AMS, 2002.
rd
2. G. D. Smith, Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations, 3 Ed., Calrendorn Press, 1985.
References:

1. K. E. Atkinson, An Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Wiley, 1989.


2. S. D. Conte and C. de Boor, Elementary Numerical Analysis - An Algorithmic Approach, McGraw-
Hill, 1981.
3. R. Mitchell and S. D. F. Griffiths, The Finite Difference Methods in Partial Differential Equations,
Wiley, 1980.

MA 312M Modern Algebra (3-0-0-6)

Formal properties of integers, equivalence relations, congruences, rings, homomorphisms,


ideals, integral domains, fields; Groups, homomorphisms, subgroups, cosets, Lagrange’s
theorem , normal subgroups, quotient groups, permutation groups; Groups actions, orbits,
stabilizers, Cayley’s theorem, conjugacy, class equation, Sylow’s theorems and applications;
Principal ideal domains, Euclidean domains, unique factorization domains, polynomial rings;
Characteristic of a field, field extensions, algebraic extensions, finite fields.

Texts:
th
1. N. H. McCoy and G. J. Janusz, Introduction to Abstract Algebra, 6 Ed., Elsevier, 2005.
th
2. J. A. Gallian, Contemporary Abstract Algebra, 4 Ed., Narosa, 1998.

References:
1. I. N. Herstein, Topics in Algebra, Wiley, 2004.
2. J. B. Fraleigh, A First Course in Abstract Algebra, Addison Wesley, 2002.
MA 411M Differential Geometry (3-0-0-6)

Local theory of plane and space curves, curvature and torsion formulas, Serret-Frenet formulas,
fundamental Theorem of space curves; Regular surfaces, change of parameters, differentiable
functions, tangent plane, differential of a map; First and second fundamental form; Orientation,
Gauss map and its properties, Euler’s theorem on principal curvatures; Isometries, Gauss’
Theorema Egregium; Parallel transport, geodesics, Gauss-Bonnet theorem and its applications
to surfaces of constant curvature.

Texts:

1. J. McCleary, Geometry from a Differentiable Viewpoint, Cambridge University Press, 1994.


2. A. Pressley, Elementary Differential Geometry, Springer, 2002.

Reference:

1. M. P. Do Carmo, Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, Prentice Hall, 1976.

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