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IAS Mains Mathematics Syllabus Exam aper!I

"inear Al#ebra: Vector spaces over R and C, linear dependence and independence, subspaces, bases, dimension; Linear transformations, rank and nullity, matrix of a linear transformation. Algebra of Matrices; Ro and column reduction, !c"elon form, congruence#s and similarity; Rank of a matrix; $nverse of a matrix; %olution of system of linear e&uations; !igenvalues and eigenvectors, c"aracteristic polynomial, Cayley'(amilton t"eorem, %ymmetric, ske 'symmetric, (ermitian, ske ' (ermitian, ort"ogonal and unitary matrices and t"eir eigenvalues. $alculus: Real numbers, functions of a real variable, limits, continuity, differentiability, mean'value t"eorem, )aylor*s t"eorem it" remainders, indeterminate forms, maxima and minima, asymptotes; Curve tracing; +unctions of t o or t"ree variables, limits, continuity, partial derivatives, maxima and minima, Lagrange*s met"od of multipliers, -acobian. Riemann*s definition of definite integrals; $ndefinite integrals; $nfinite and improper integrals; .ouble and triple integrals /evaluation tec"ni&ues only0; Areas, surface and volumes. Analytic %eometry: Cartesian and polar coordinates in t"ree dimensions, second degree e&uations in t"ree variables, reduction to canonical forms, straig"t lines, s"ortest distance bet een t o ske lines; 1lane, sp"ere, cone, cylinder, paraboloid, ellipsoid, "yperboloid of one and t o s"eets and t"eir properties. &rdinary Di''erential E(uations: +ormulation of differential e&uations; !&uations of first order and first degree, integrating factor; 2rt"ogonal tra3ectory; !&uations of first order but not of first degree, Clairaut*s e&uation, singular solution. %econd and "ig"er order linear e&uations it" constant coefficients, complementary function, particular integral and general solution. %econd order linear e&uations it" variable coefficients, !uler'Cauc"y e&uation; .etermination of complete solution "en one solution is kno n using met"od of variation of parameters. Laplace and $nverse Laplace transforms and t"eir properties; Laplace transforms of elementary functions. Application to initial value problems for 4nd order linear e&uations it" constant coefficients. Dynamics ) Statics: Rectilinear motion, simple "armonic motion, motion in a plane, pro3ectiles; constrained motion; 5ork and energy, conservation of energy; 6epler*s la s, orbits under central forces. !&uilibrium of a system of particles; 5ork and potential energy, friction; common catenary; 1rinciple of virtual ork; %tability of e&uilibrium, e&uilibrium of forces in t"ree dimensions. *ector Analysis: %calar and vector fields, differentiation of vector field of a scalar variable; 7radient, divergence and curl in cartesian and cylindrical coordinates; (ig"er order derivatives; Vector identities and vector e&uations. Application to geometry, Curves in space, Curvature and torsion; %erret'+renet#s formulae. 7auss and %tokes# t"eorems, 7reen#s identities.

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+,- Al#ebra: 7roups, subgroups, cyclic groups, cosets, Lagrange#s )"eorem, normal subgroups, &uotient groups, "omomorp"ism of groups, basic isomorp"ism t"eorems, permutation groups, Cayley#s t"eorem.

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Rings, subrings and ideals, "omomorp"isms of rings; $ntegral domains, principal ideal domains, !uclidean domains and uni&ue factori8ation domains; +ields, &uotient fields. .eal Analysis: Real number system as an ordered field it" least upper bound property; %e&uences, limit of a se&uence, Cauc"y se&uence, completeness of real line; %eries and its convergence, absolute and conditional convergence of series of real and complex terms, rearrangement of series. Continuity and uniform continuity of functions, properties of continuous functions on compact sets. Riemann integral, improper integrals; +undamental t"eorems of integral calculus. 9niform convergence, continuity, differentiability and integrability for se&uences and series of functions; 1artial derivatives of functions of several /t o or t"ree0 variables, maxima and minima. $omplex Analysis: Analytic functions, Cauc"y'Riemann e&uations, Cauc"y*s t"eorem, Cauc"y*s integral formula, po er series representation of an analytic function, )aylor#s series; %ingularities; Laurent*s series; Cauc"y*s residue t"eorem; Contour integration. "inear ro#rammin#: Linear programming problems, basic solution, basic feasible solution and optimal solution; 7rap"ical met"od and simplex met"od of solutions; .uality. )ransportation and assignment problems. artial di''erential e(uations: +amily of surfaces in t"ree dimensions and formulation of partial differential e&uations; %olution of &uasilinear partial differential e&uations of t"e first order, Cauc"y*s met"od of c"aracteristics; Linear partial differential e&uations of t"e second order it" constant coefficients, canonical form; !&uation of a vibrating string, "eat e&uation, Laplace e&uation and t"eir solutions. /umerical Analysis and $omputer pro#rammin#: :umerical met"ods, %olution of algebraic and transcendental e&uations of one variable by bisection, Regula'+alsi and :e ton'Rap"son met"ods; solution of system of linear e&uations by 7aussian elimination and 7auss'-ordan /direct0, 7auss'%eidel/iterative0 met"ods. :e ton*s /for ard and back ard0 interpolation, Lagrange*s interpolation. :umerical integration, )rape8oidal rule, %impson*s rules, 7aussian &uadrature formula. :umerical solution of ordinary differential e&uations, !uler and Runga 6utta'met"ods. Computer 1rogramming, ;inary system; Arit"metic and logical operations on numbers; 2ctal and (exadecimal systems; Conversion to and from decimal systems; Algebra of binary numbers. !lements of computer systems and concept of memory; ;asic logic gates and trut" tables, ;oolean algebra, normal forms. Representation of unsigned integers, signed integers and reals, double precision reals and long integers. Algorit"ms and flo c"arts for solving numerical analysis problems. Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics: 7enerali8ed coordinates; .* Alembert*s principle and Lagrange*s e&uations; (amilton e&uations; Moment of inertia; Motion of rigid bodies in t o dimensions. !&uation of continuity; !uler*s e&uation of motion for inviscid flo ; %tream'lines, pat" of a particle; 1otential flo ; ) o'dimensional and axisymmetric motion; %ources and sinks, vortex motion; :avier' %tokes e&uation for a viscous fluid.

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