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JAM2015

SyllabusMathematics(MA)
Sequences and Series of Real Numbers: Sequences and series of real numbers, Convergent and divergent
sequences, bounded and monotone sequences, Convergence criteria for sequences of real numbers, Cauchy
sequences, absolute and conditional convergence Tests of convergence for series of positive terms
comparisontest,ratiotest,roottestLeibnitztestforconvergenceofalternatingseries.

Functions of One Variable: limit, continuity, differentiation, Rolles Theorem, Mean value theorem. Taylor's
theorem.Maximaandminima.

Functions of Two Real Variables: limit, continuity, partial derivatives, differentiability, maxima and minima.
MethodofLagrangemultipliers,HomogeneousfunctionsincludingEulerstheorem.

Integral Calculus: Integration as the inverse process of differentiation, definite integrals and their properties,
Fundamentaltheoremofintegralcalculus.Doubleandtripleintegrals,changeoforderofintegration.Calculating
surfaceareasandvolumesusingdoubleintegralsandapplications.Calculatingvolumesusingtripleintegralsand
applications.

DifferentialEquations:Ordinarydifferentialequationsofthefirstorderoftheformy'=f(x,y).Bernoullisequation,
exact differential equations, integrating factor, Orthogonal trajectories, Homogeneous differential equations
separablesolutions,Lineardifferentialequationsofsecondandhigherorderwithconstantcoefficients,methodof
variationofparameters.CauchyEulerequation.

Vector Calculus: Scalar and vector fields, gradient, divergence, curl and Laplacian. Scalar line integrals and
vectorlineintegrals,scalarsurfaceintegralsandvectorsurfaceintegrals,Green's,StokesandGausstheorems
andtheirapplications.

Group Theory: Groups, subgroups, Abelian groups, nonabelian groups, cyclic groups, permutation groups
Normalsubgroups,Lagrange'sTheoremforfinitegroups,grouphomomorphismsandbasicconceptsofquotient
groups(onlygrouptheory).

Linear Algebra: Vector spaces, Linear dependence of vectors, basis, dimension, linear transformations, matrix
representation with respect to an ordered basis, Range space and null space, ranknullity theorem Rank and
inverse of a matrix, determinant, solutions of systems of linear equations, consistency conditions. Eigenvalues
andeigenvectors.CayleyHamiltontheorem.Symmetric,skewsymmetric,hermitian,skewhermitian,orthogonal
andunitarymatrices.

RealAnalysis:Interiorpoints,limitpoints,opensets,closedsets,boundedsets,connectedsets,compactsets
completeness of R, Power series (of real variable) including Taylors and Maclaurins, domain of convergence,
termwisedifferentiationandintegrationofpowerseries.

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