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Code No :30
SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS
SYLLABUS

UNIT – 1

Algebra

Permutations, Combinations, Applications of classical number theoretic properties, Groups, Counting Principles,
Cayley’s theorem, Permutation groups, Sylow’s theorems, Direct Products, Polynomial Rings, Vector spaces, Inner
Product Spaces, Orthonormal bases, Modules, Fields, Roots of polynomials, Elements of Galois theory, Splitting
fields, Degrees of Splitting fields of polynomials, Solvable groups, Linear transformations, Matrix representation,
Canonical forms, Determinants, Cayley Hamilton theorem and Applications, Hermitian, Unitary and Normal
Transformations, Quadratic Forms, Finite fields, Wedderburn’s Theorem on Finite division rings, Frobenius Theorem,
Integral Quaternions and Four Square Theorem.

UNIT – 2

Real Analysis

Real number system as a complete ordered field, Sequences and series, convergence, limit supremum and
limit Infinimum, Euclidean space, Accumulation points, Bolzano Weierstrass theorem, Heine-Borel theorem, Metric
spaces, Compactness, Connectedness, Continuity, Uniform continuity, Differentiability, Mean value theorem for
derivatives, Sequences and series of functions, Uniform convergence and continuity, Cauchy condition for Uniform
convergence, Riemann-Steiltjes sums and integrals, Riemann sums and integrals, Improper Integrals, Monotonic
functions, types of discontinuity, Functions of bounded variation, Measure and Integration, Lebesgue measure,
Lebesgue integral, Functions of several variables, Directional derivative, Partial derivative, derivative as a linear
transformation, Inverse and Implicit function theorems.

UNIT – 3

Complex Analysis

Algebra of complex numbers, transcendental functions such as exponential, trigonometric and hyperbolic
functions, Analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations, Contour integral, Cauchy’s theorem, Cauchy’s integral
formula, Residues and Poles, Calculus of residues, Applications of Residues, Liouville’s theorem, Maximum modulus
principle, Rouche’s theorem, Schwarz lemma, Open mapping theorem, Power series, Taylor series, Laurent series,
Conformal mappings, Mobius transformations and simple applications of complex integration.

UNIT – 4

Topology

Topological spaces, Basis for a Topology, subbasis, Order topology, Product topology, Subspace topology,
Closed sets, Limit points, Hausdorff spaces, Continuous functions, Homeomorphisms, Metric Topology, Convergence
of functions, Uniform convergence, Connected spaces, Compactness, Countability axioms, Separation axioms and
Normal spaces.

Functional Analysis

Normed linear Spaces, Banach Spaces, Continuous linear transformations, Hahn Banach theorem, Open
mapping theorem, Closed graph theorem, Conjugate of an operator, Hilbert spaces, Orthogonality, Orthonormal
bases, Conjugate space of a Hilbert space, Adjoint of an operator, Self-adjoint operators, Normal operators, Unitary
operators, Projections, Holders and Minkowski inequalities, Spectral theorem for operators on a finite dimensional
Hilbert space, Banach Algebra, Regular and singular elements, Topological divisors of zero, Spectrum and spectral
radius.
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UNIT – 5
Ordinary Differential Equations

Existence and uniqueness of solutions of initial value problems for first order ordinary differential
equations, singular solutions of first order ODEs, system of first order ODEs, General theory of homogenous and
non-homogeneous linear ODEs, Variation of parameters, Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem and
Green’s function.

Application- Numerical solutions of ODEs using Picard, Euler, modified Euler and Runge-Kutta methods.

UNIT – 6

Partial Differential Equations

Lagrange and Charpit methods for solving first order PDEs, Cauchy problem for first order PDEs, Classification
of second order PDEs, General solution of higher order PDEs with constant coefficients, Method of separation of
variables for Laplace, Heat and Wave equations, Applications of Laplace and Fourier Transforms.

UNIT – 7

Classical Mechanics

Equation of motions, Constraints, Generalized coordinates, Holonomic Systems, Non-Holonomic Systems, Virtual
Work, D’ Alembert’s Principle, Lagrange’s equations, Hamilton’s canonical equations, Hamilton’s Principle and
Principle of least action, Two-dimensional motion of rigid bodies, Euler’s dynamical equations for the motion of a
rigid body about an axis and theory of small oscillations.

Calculus of Variations

Variation of a functional, Euler-Lagrange equation, Necessary and sufficient conditions for extrema, Variational
methods for boundary value problems in ordinary and partial differential equations.

UNIT – 8

Differential Geometry

Curves in spaces, Serret- Frenet formulas, Locus of center of curvature, Spherical curvature, Intrinsic equation,
Helices, Spherical indicatrix surfaces, Envelope, Edge of regression, Developable surfaces associated to a curve,
First and Second fundamental forms, Lines of curvature, Gaussian curvature, Euler’s theorem, Dupin’s Indicatrix,
Surface of revolution, Conjugate systems, Asymptotic lines, Isometric lines and Geodesics.

Linear Integral Equations

Linear integral equation of the first and second kind of Fredholm and Volterra type, Solutions with separable
kernels, Characteristic numbers and eigenfunctions and resolvent kernel.

UNIT – 9

Operations Research

Linear programming, Revised simplex method, Duality problems, Degeneracy procedure, Integer programming,
Non-linear programming, Convex programming, Dynamic programming, Game theory, Queuing theory, Single server
and Multi server models, Erlang service distributions, Mathematical theory of inventory control, Optimal inventory
policies in Deterministic models, Storage models, Replacement theory, Markovian decision models in replacement
theory, Reliability, Failure rates, System reliability and Network analysis.
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UNIT – 10

Mathematical Statistics

Probability Theory, Bayes theorem, Random variables and distribution functions (univariate and multivariate),
expectation and moments, Independent random variables, marginal and conditional distributions, Characteristic
functions, Probability inequalities(Tchebyshef and Markov), Simple, partial and multiple correlation, Regression
Analysis, rank correlation, Weak laws of large numbers, Central Limit theorem, Discrete and continuous sampling
distributions, standard errors, Methods of estimation, properties of estimators, confidence intervals, Tests of
hypotheses, likelihood ratio tests, Analysis of discrete data and chi-square test of goodness of fit, Large sample
tests, Simple nonparametric tests for one and two sample problems, test for independence of attributes, confidence
intervals and Analysis of variance.