How to Study Engineering Mathematics for GATE?

Hello Readers,
From now on, i will be sharing the subject-wise preparation tips, so the first subject
that we'll be taking up in this post is Engineering Mathematics.
Engineering Mathematics is very much relevant to the GATE exam as the weight-age
given to this subject is consistent over the years whereas other subjects may not be
that consistent. Every year you can find the weight-age of this subject to be 8 to 10
Marks.
Engineering Mathematics is a subject that has a very wide course as this course during
the college days is covered in 4 to 5 semesters and to prepare it completely at one
time is overwhelming. So the key to prepare for such subjects is to keep short notes
handy with you or maybe you can have a sort of Formula Sheet so that you can look up
to a concept whenever you need it.

Linear Algebra
While preparing for Linear Algebra, focus must be on Eigenvalue
Problems and also the Matrix algebra as almost every-time there will be a question
from either of these two topics. One must also remember the properties of
eigenvalues like the relation between eigenvalues of two matrices which are inverse
of each other and other similar properties.No need to get involved in the basis vectors
and span of basis vectors to form an n-dimensional space as those concepts are
absolutely unnecessary for GATE.
Calculus
For single variable calculus there are not many problems except the
maxima and minima problems and the most important topic is vector calculus
involving Gradient, Divergence and Curl and Vector Integral Theorems (Green's, Gauss's

and Stokes Theorem) as there are lot many properties of each concept and you must
remember all those to solve the problems faster like divergence of curl is always zero,
believe me that these properties do come-in handy in the exam.
Differential Equations
There are not many concepts in the differential equations as you can
always check the solution by satisfying each option in the differential equation given
in the problem statement but at the same time do remembersome special differential
equations like Bernoulli's Equation and Euler Differential Equation.
Complex Functions
It is smallest topic among all topics from Engineering Mathematics and
the only important concepts are Cauchy-Riemann Equations for Analytic Functions and
Residue Method of Integration and rest of the topics are not necessary for GATE.
Probability and Statistics
The general problems involving Probability can be prepped up by
practice and there is no need to study much about them but you can always remember
Baye's Theorem, more focus should be on Random Variables like Poisson's Distribution
and other distributions. Statistics is also very important and you must remember
mean,median and mode concepts as well as coefficient of co-relation, so do make
short notes for each of these concepts
Numerical Methods
Two things are important in this section one is the equation solving by
methods like Newton-Raphson and Bisection Method and other is the Numerical
Integration technique by methods like Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's rule so do mug
up the formulas for each of these methods and make good use of Calculator like you
can form equations in form of answer of previous step so that recursion becomes
faster and more accurate.
So basically the key to tackle such a large subject is to narrow down the course
content to the most relevant topics and cut-out the unnecessary topics otherwise your
workload will increase but not your performance.
If you guys are looking for short notes on each subject, please keep following our
website as we are preparing the same and will upload soon. The link to our website is:
www.kreatryx.com
So so keep yourself updated with latest uploads on the website. Please comment with
any other queries and what next subject should we take up.
Posted by ankit goyal at 11:12
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