Department of Mathematics

Madras Christian College (Autonomous)

B.Sc. Mathematics Curriculum
(with effect from 2011 – 12)

Semester I
Marks
Component Course Hours Credits
CA ESE
Part I Language I 4 50 50 3
Part II English I 4 50 50 3
Algebra and Trigonometry 5 50 50 4
Major
Part III Calculus 5 50 50 4
Allied I Physics I 6 50 50 5
(a) Basic Tamil I / Advanced Tamil I / General Course I 4 50 50 2
Part IV
(d) Value Education 2 50 50 1
Total 30 22

Semester II
Marks
Component Course Hours Credits
CA ESE
Part I Language II 4 50 50 3
Part II English II 4 50 50 3
Differential Equations, Laplace Transforms and 5 50 50 4
Fourier Series
Major
Part III Differential Geometry and Analytical Geometry of 5 50 50 4
3 Dimension
Allied I Physics II 6 50 50 5
(a) Basic Tamil II /Advanced Tamil II /General Course II 4 50 50 2
Part IV
(d) Value Education 2 50 50 1
Total 30 22

Semester III
Marks
Component Course Hours Credits
CA ESE
Part I Language III 4 50 50 3
Part II English III 4 50 50 3
Algebraic Structures 5 50 50 4
Major
Multivariate Calculus and Theory of Numbers 5 50 50 4
Part III
Discrete Mathematics I /Chemistry I /Comp. 6 50 50 5
Allied II
Science I
(b) Skill- Personality Development 2 25 - -
Part IV
based Inter Disciplinary (Mathematical Physics) 4 50 50 3
Total 30 22
 Semester IV
Marks
Component Course Hours Credits
CA ESE
Part I Language IV 4 50 50 3
Part II English IV 4 50 50 3
Linear Algebra 5 50 50 4
Major
Advanced Calculus 5 50 50 4
Part III
Discrete Mathematics II /Chemistry II /Computer 6 50 50 5
Allied II
Science II
(b) Skill- Personality Development 2 25 50 3
Part IV based
(c) Environmental Studies 4 50 50 2
Total 30 24

Semester V
Marks
Component Course Hours Credits
CA ESE
Real Analysis 7 50 50 5
Mathematical Statistics 7 50 50 5
Part III Major Numerical Methods 6 50 50 5
Elective: Programming in C / Mathematics of 6 50 50 5
Finance
(b) Skill- General Elective (Space Science) 4 50 50 3
Part IV based
Total 30 23

Semester VI
Marks
Component Course Hours Credits
CA ESE
Complex Analysis 6 50 50 5
Mechanics 6 50 50 5
Linear Programming 5 50 50 4
Part III Major
Elective: Astronomy / Fluid Dynamics 5 50 50 4
Elective: Formal Languages & Graph Theory / 6 50 50 5
Mathematical Modeling
(b) Skill- Computer Training 2 - - 3
Part IV
based
Total 30 26

Marks
Component Extension Activities Hours Credits
CA ESE
Part V NCC/NSS/Sports/Scrub Soc./ Dept. Assn. Activities - - - 1
Grand Total 140
 Department of Mathematics

Madras Christian College (Autonomous)

Allied and Non-Major Courses Offered by the Department

Allied I: (Offered to students of Physics and Chemistry Departments)

Semester I : Allied Mathematics I

Semester II : Allied Mathematics II (for Physics)

Allied Mathematics II (for Chemistry)

Allied II: (Offered to students of Mathematics Department)

Semester III : Discrete Mathematics I

Semester IV : Discrete Mathematics II

General Course: (Offered to students of Departments other than Mathematics)

Semester I : Basic Mathematics

Semester II : Basic Mathematics

Inter Disciplinary:(Offered to students of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Departments)

Semester III : Mathematical Physics

General Elective: (Offered to students of all Departments)

Semester V : Space Science

Computer Training: (Offered to students of Mathematics Department)

Semester VI : Computer Training

Environmental Studies:

Semester IV : Environmental Studies (Common to students of all Departments)

 Algebra and Trigonometry

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester I - Paper I Hours/ Cycle: 5

Algebra
Unit I Hours: 15
Theory of Equations: Introduction to polynomials - Roots of polynomial equations – Imaginary
and irrational roots – Relation between roots and coefficients – Symmetric function of the roots.
Treatment and Content as in
Algebra, Volume – I, T.K. ManicavachagomPillay, T. Natarajan and K.S. Ganapathy,S.
Viswanathan Publishers, 2004.
Chapter 6: Sections 1, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12

Unit II Hours: 15
Transformation of equations – Reciprocal equations.
Treatment and Content as in
Algebra, Volume – I, T.K. ManicavachagomPillay, T. Natarajan and K.S. Ganapathy, S.
Viswanathan Publishers, 2004.
Chapter 6: Sections 13 – 19, 24, 30
Descartes’ rule of signs – Solution by Newton’s and Horner’s method, Cardon’s method of
solution of a cubic polynomial equation with real coefficients.
Treatment and Content as in
Mathematics, Volume – I (First Edition), P. Kandasamy and K. Thilagavathy, S. Chand & Co,
2004.
Paper I: Chapter 1: Section 1

Unit III Hours: 15

Series: Summation of series using Binomial, Exponential and Logarithmic series and
approximations.
Treatment and Content as in
Algebra, Volume – I , T.K. ManicavachagomPillay, T. Natarajan and K.S. Ganapathy, S.
Viswanathan Publishers, 2004.
Chapter 3: Section 10, Chapter 4: Sections 1, 3, 6, 7, 9

Trigonometry
Unit IV Hours: 15
Expansion of cosnx, sin nx, tan nx, cosnx, sin nx –Expansion of sin x, cos x, tan x in terms of x –
Hyperbolic functions
Chapter 3: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Chapter 4: Sections 1, 2

Unit V Hours: 15
Logarithms of complex quantities – Sums of sines and cosines of n angles which are in
Arithmetic Progression - Summation of trigonometric series using complex quantities.
Chapter 5: Section 5,Chapter 6: Sections 2, 3

Treatment and Content as in (For Units IV and V)

Trigonometry, S. Narayanan and T.K. ManicavachagomPillay, S.Viswanathan Publishers, 2010.

References
1. Algebra, Analytical Geometry and Trigonometry - I Year – Paper I, by P. R. Vittal and V.
Malini, Margham Publications, Chennai, 2001.
2. Trigonometry by HariKishan, Atlantic, New Delhi, 2005.
 Calculus

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester I - Paper II Hours / Cycle: 5

Differential Calculus
Unit I Hours: 15
Introduction to differentiation - Successive differentiation - nth derivative – Leibnitz formula for
nth derivative of a product – Partial differentiation – total differential Coefficient– Homogeneous
functions – Euler’s theorem.
Chapter 3: Sections 1.1 – 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, Chapter 8: Sections 1.1 – 1.6

Unit II Hours: 13
Maxima and minima of functions of 2 variables – Lagrange’s method of undetermined
multipliers – simple problems.
Chapter 8: Sections 4.1, 5

Treatment and content as in (For Units I and II)

Calculus, Vol.I, S. Narayanan and T K ManicavachagomPillay,S. ViswanathanPrinters and
Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2010.

Integral Calculus
Unit III Hours: 17
Introduction to integration - Methods of integration – Integration by parts - Bernoulli’s formula.
Chapter 1: Sections 5, 6.1 – 6.6, 7.1 – 7.5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15.1

Unit IV Hours: 15
Properties of definite integrals – reduction formulae for standard integrals.
Chapter 1: Sections 11, 13.1 – 13.10, 14

Geometrical Applications of Integration

Unit V Hours: 15
Areas in polar coordinates - Length of the curve (Cartesian and polar coordinates) – Area of
surface of revolution (Cartesian and polar coordinates).
Chapter 2: Sections 1.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5

Treatment and content as in (For Units III, IV and V)

CalculusVol. II, S. Narayanan and T K ManicavachagomPillay,S. ViswanathanPrinters and
Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2010.

References
1. Mathematics,Volume 1, P. Kandasamy and Thilagavathy, S. Chand, New Delhi, 2004.
2. Calculus, Thomas and Finney, Pearson Education, 9 th Edition, 2006.
 Differential Equations, Laplace Transforms and Fourier Series

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester II - Paper III Hours/ Cycle: 5

Unit I Hours: 12
Ordinary Differential Equations:Introduction to ordinary differential equations - First order
but of higher degree equations – solvable for p, solvable for x, solvable for y – Clairaut’s form –
simple problems. Second order equation with constant coefficient with particular integrals for
eaxxm, eaxsin mx, eaxcos mx.
Chapter 1: Sections 5.1 – 5.4, 6; Chapter 2: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4

Unit II Hours: 12
2 2 2
Second order differential equation with variable coefficients ax d y/dx + bxdy/dx + cy = g(x) –
method of variation of parameters.
Chapter 2: Sections 8, 10

Unit III Hours: 18

Laplace Transforms: Introduction - Laplace transforms – inverse transform -Application of
Laplace to solution of first and second order linear differential equation with constant
coefficients.
Chapter 5: Sections 1 - 8

Unit IV Hours: 15
Partial Differential Equations: Introduction to partial differential equations (PDE) - Formation
of PDE by eliminating arbitrary constants and arbitrary functions – complete integral – singular
integral – general integral - Standard types f(p,q)=0; f(x,p,q)=0; f(y,p,q)=0; f(z,p,q)=0;
f(x,p)=f(y,q) – Clairaut’s form and Lagrange’s equation Pp+Qq = R . (Simple Problems)
Chapter 4: Sections 1, 2, 3, 5.1 – 5.4, 6

Unit V Hours: 18
Fourier Series: Introduction to Fourier series - Definition – Examples of Fourier series – Even
or odd functions – Fourier series for even and odd functions – Half range expansions. (Simple
problems).
Chapter 6: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Treatment and content as in

Calculus, Volume 3, S. Narayanan and T.K. ManicavachagamPillai, S. Vishwanathan
Publications, 2010.

References
1. Engineering Mathematics Volume 3, Dr. M.K. Venkataraman,The National Publishing
Company, 2001.
 Differential Geometry & Analytical Geometry of3-Dimensions

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester II - Paper IV Hours/ Cycle: 5

Differential Geometry
Unit I Hrs: 12
Curvature – Cartesian formula for radius of curvature - The coordinates of the centre of
curvature – Evolute and involute.
Chapter X: Sections 2.1 – 2.5.

Unit II Hours: 14
Radius of curvature in polar coordinates – p-r equation – Envelopes (definitions and problems
only) – Linear asymptotes (definitions and simple problems only).

Treatment and content as in (For Units I and II)

Calculus, Volume I: S. Narayanan and T K ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan Printers and
Publishers, 2010.
Chapter X: Sections 1.1 – 1.4, 2.6 – 2.8, Chapter XI: Sections 1 – 4, 5.1 – 5.3, 6

Analytical Geometry of 3-Dimensions

Unit III Hours: 17
The plane – the general equation – several forms of the equations of a plane – angle between
planes – length of perpendicular – equation of the planes bisecting the angle between the planes.
Chapter II: Sections 1 – 11

Unit IV Hours: 16
The Straight Line – symmetrical form – plane and straight line – coplanar lines – shortest
distance between two lines.
Chapter III: Sections 1 –7; Section 8(Sections 8.1, 8.2 are excluded)

Unit V Hours: 16
The Sphere – standard form – plane section – equation of sphere passing through a given circle –
intersection of two spheres – tangent plane to a sphere.
Chapter IV: Sections 1 – 8

Treatment and content as in (For Units III, IV and V)

A text book of Analytical Geometry – Part II (Three dimensions) – T.K. ManicavachagomPillay
and T. Natarajan , S. Viswanathan (Printers and Publishers) Pvt. Ltd 2007.

References
1. Analytical Geometry (3D) and Vector Calculus, S. Arumugam and A.Thangapandi Isaac,
New Gamma Publishing House, Palayamkottai.
2. Text book of Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions, P.K. Jain and Khalil Ahmed, Wiley
Eastern Ltd, 1986.
 Algebraic Structures

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester III - Paper V Hours / Cycle: 5

UNIT I Hours: 15
Group Theory: Groups – Subgroups – Counting Principle – Normal Subgroups
Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 – 2.6

UNIT II Hours: 15
Homomorphisms – Automorphisms – Cayley’s theorem – Permutation groups.
Chapter 2: Sections2.7 – 2.10(omit application 1 and 2)

UNIT III Hours: 15

Ring Theory: Definition and examples of Rings – Some special classes of rings –
Homomorphisms.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.1 – 3.3

UNIT IV Hours: 15
Ideals and Quotient rings: More ideals and Quotient ideals – field of quotients of an integral
domain.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.4 – 3.6

UNIT V Hours: 15
Euclidean rings: A particular Euclidean ring – Polynomial Rings – Polynomials over the
rational field.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.7 – 3.10

Treatment and content as in

Topics in Algebra, Second Edition,I.N. Herstein, Wiley Student edition, 2009.

References
1. Modern Algebra, M.L. Santiago, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd, 2001.
 Multivariate Calculus and Theory of Numbers

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester III - Paper VI Hours / Cycle: 5

Unit I Hours: 15
Multiple Integral: Double integral – Polar and Cartesian coordinates – Change of order of
integration – Jacobian – Application to area.
Chapter 5: Sections 1, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 5.1, Chapter 6: Section 1

Unit II Hours: 15
Triple integral – Volume under triple integral – Surface area.
Special functions: Beta and Gamma Functions, their properties and simple problems
Chapter 5: Sections 4, 6.3, 7, Chapter 7: Sections 2.1 – 2.3, 3, 4, 5
Treatment and content as in
Calculus, Volume II, S. Narayanan and T.K.ManicavachagomPillay, S. Vishwanathan Publishers
Pvt. Ltd, 2007.

Unit III Hours: 12

Vector Calculus:Introduction–Gradient – Divergent – Curl – Formulae involving –Invariance.
Chapter: 4

Unit IV Hours: 18
Line, Surface and Volume integrals – Theorems of Gauss, Stokes and Green’s (Statements only)
– simple problems.
Chapters: 5, 6

Treatment and content as in

Vector Analysis,Schaum’s outline series, Murray R. Spiegel., Seymour Lipschutz, Dennis
Spellman, Second Edition, McGraw Hill Book Company, 2009.

Theory of numbers
Unit V Hours: 15
Prime and Composite numbers – The sieve of Eratosthenes-Divisors of a given number N –
Euler’s function  (N) –Integral part of a real number- The highest power of a prime p contained
in n! – the product of r consecutive integers is divisible by r! – Congruences – Numbers in
arithmetic progressions – Fermat’s Theorem- (statement only) - Wilson’s theorem – (statement
only) – Simple Problems.
Chapter 5: Sections 1 – 17

Treatment and content as in:

Algebra, Volume II by T.K.Manicavachagom Pillay,T.Natarajan, K.S.Ganapathy,
S.Vishwanathan Publishers Pvt.Ltd, 2006.

References

1. Engineering Mathematics, Volume2,Fifth Edition, Dr. M.K. Venkataraman, National

Publishing Company, 2004.
2. Elementary Number Theory, Sixth Edition, David M.Burton,Tata McGraw-Hill Pvt.Ltd,
2009.
 Linear Algebra

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester IV - Paper VII Hours / Cycle: 5

Unit I Hours: 18
Vector Spaces: Definitions, examples – Subspaces and Quotient Spaces – Sums and Direct
Sums – Linear Independence
Chapter 6: Sections6.1 – 6.4

Unit II Hours: 18
Basis and Dimensions – Homomorphisms – Dual Spaces – Inner Product Spaces
Chapter 6: Sections 6.5 – 6.8

Unit III Hours: 12

Linear Transformations and Matrices: Algebra of Linear Transformations – Eigen values and
Eigenvectors
Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 – 7.2

Unit IV Hours: 14
Matrix Algebra – Trace and Transpose of a Matrix – Rank of Matrix
Chapter 7: Sections 7.3, 7.5, 7.6

Unit V Hours: 13
Determinants – Hermitian and Unitary Transformations.
Chapter 7: Sections 7.8,7.9

Treatment and content as in

Modern Algebra, M.L. Santiago, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. Ltd, 2001.

References
1. Topics in Algebra, Second Edition,I.N. Herstein, Wiley Student edition, 2009.
2. Linear Algebra, Second Edition, Serge Lang, Addison Wesley Publishing Co., 1970.
 Advanced Calculus

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester IV - Paper VIII Hours / Cycle: 5

Unit I Hours: 15
Sets and Functions : Sets and elements – Operations on sets – Functions – Real valued
functions – Equivalence – Countability – Real numbers – Least upper bounds.
Chapter 1

Unit II Hours: 15
Sequences of Real Numbers: Definition of a sequence and subsequence – Limit of a sequence –
Convergent sequences – Divergent sequences – Bounded sequences – Monotone sequences –
Operations on convergent sequences – Operations on divergent sequences.
Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 – 2.8

Unit III Hours: 15

Limit superior and limit inferior – Cauchy sequences.
Series of RealNumbers: Convergence and divergence; Series with non-negative numbers;
Alternating series; Conditional convergence and absolute convergence.
Chapter 2: Sections 2.9, 2.10, Chapter 3: Section 3.1 – 3.4

Unit IV Hours: 15
Tests for absolute convergence; Series whose terms form a non-increasing sequence.
Limits and metric spaces: Limit of a function on a real line; Metric spaces; Limits in metric
spaces.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.6, 3.7, 4.1, 4.2 (In 4.2C examples 4 and 5 are omitted), 4.3

Treatment and content as in

Methods of Real Analysis, Richard R. Goldberg (Oxford and IBH Publishing Co.), 1970.

Unit V Hours: 15
Fourier Transform: Complex form of Fourier integral formula, Properties of Fourier transform,
Fourier Cosine and Fourier Sine Transforms, Properties, Convolution, Parseval’s identity.
Chapter 6: Sections 9 – 15.

Treatment and Content as in

Calculus, Volume III, S. Narayanan and ManikavasagamPillai, S. Viswanathan Printers &
Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2010.

References
1. Principles of Real analysis, Third edition,Walter Rudin, Mc-Graw Hill international edition,
1976.
2. Elements of Real Analysis, Shanti Narayan, M.D. Raisinhhania, S. Chand & Company Ltd.,
Twelfth Revised Edition, 2011.
3. Real analysis, Volume I, K. ChandrasehharaRao, K.S Narayan, S. ViswanathanPrinters &
PublishersPvt. Ltd., 2008.
4. Introduction to Calculus and Analysis, Volume I, Richard Courant, Fiitz John, Springer,
2010.
5. Sequence and Series, S. Arumugam, Issac, New Gamma Publishing House, 1993
6. Transforms and Partial Differential Equations, Fifth revised edition, G. Balaji, 2010.
 Real Analysis

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 5

Semester V - Paper IX Hours / Cycle: 7

Unit I Hours: 21
Continuous functions on Metric Spaces: Functions continuous at a point on the real line,
Reformulation,Functions continuous on a metric space, Open sets, Closed sets, Discontinuous
functions on the real line.
Chapter 5

Unit II Hours: 21
Connectedness Completeness and compactness: More about open sets, Connected sets,
Boundedsets and totally bounded sets,Complete metric spaces, Compact metric spaces
Chapter 6: Sections 6.1 – 6.5

Unit III Hours: 21

Continuous functions on a compact metric space, Continuity of inverse functions, Uniform
continuity.Sets of measure zero, Definition of the Riemann integral, Existence of the Riemann
integral (Statement of theorem 7.3a only) –Properties of Riemann integral
Chapter 6: Sections 6.6 – 6.8, Chapter 7: Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.4

Unit IV Hours: 21
Calculus:Derivatives, Rolle’s theorem, Law of mean, Fundamental theorems of calculus,
Taylor’s theorem.
Chapter 7: Sections 7.5 – 7.8, Chapter 8: Section 8.5

Unit V Hours: 21
Sequences and Series of Functions: Pointwise convergence of sequences of functions –
Uniform convergence of sequences of functions – Consequences of uniform convergence –
Convergence and uniform convergence of series of functions – Integration and differentiation of
series of functions.
Chapter 9: Sections 9.1 – 9.5

Treatment and Content as in

Methods of Real Analysis, Richard R. Goldberg, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., 1970.

References
1. Transforms and Partial Differential Equations, Fifth revised edition, Walter Rudin, Mc-Graw
Hill international edition, 1976.
2. Real analysis, Volume II, K. ChandrasekharaRao, K.S Narayan, S. ViswanathanPrinters &
Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2008.
3. Elements of Real Analysis, Shanti Narayan, M.D. Raisinghania, S. Chand & Company Ltd.,
Twelfth Revised Edition, 2011.
4. Modern Analysis, Arumugam, Issac, New Gamma Publishing House, 1993.
5. Elementary Analysis: The theory of Calculus, Kenneth A. Ross, Springer, 2010.
6. Understanding Analysis, Stephen Abbott, Springer, 2008.
7. MetricSpaces, Qamrulhasan Ansari, Narosa Publishing House, 2010.
 Mathematical Statistics
Part III (a) – Major Credits: 5
Semester V - Paper X Hours / Cycle: 7

Unit I Hours: 21
Discrete and Continuous Probability Distributions: Random variables – Probability
distributions – Discrete and Continuous, Mathematical expectation, moments, moment
generating function, characteristic function.
Chapters 5: Sections 5.1 – 5.5.2, Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 – 7.3.2, 7.3.5

Unit II Hours: 21
Special Discrete and Continuous Distributions: Introduction – Binomial, Poisson distributions
– Normal distribution.
Chapter 6: Sections 6.1 – 6.2.4, 6.3 - 6.3.5, Chapter 8: Sections 8.1 – 8.4

Unit III Hours: 21

Correlation and Regression: Correlation coefficient, linear regression – equations of lines of
regression.
Chapter 10: Sections 10.1 – 10.6

Unit IV Hours: 21
Tests of Significance – Large Samples: Introduction – Types of Sampling – Large samples –
Testing the significance for a single proportion - Testing of significance for difference of
proportions – Sampling of values of a variable – Sampling distribution of the mean – Confidence
limits - Testing the significance of difference between standard deviations of two large samples.
Chapter 12: Sections 12.1 – 12.8.2

Unit V Hours: 21
Tests of Significance – Small Samples: Introduction – Chi – square distribution – Student’s t –
distribution – Snedecor’s F distribution (Definitions only) – Properties (Statements only) - Tests
of significance based on t, F - distributions, 2 test of goodness of fit, 2 test of independence.
Chapter 13: Sections 13.1 – 13.2.2, 13.5 – 13.7.1,Chapter 15: Sections 15.2 – 15.2.2, 15.3.1,
Chapter 16: Sections 16.1 - 16.3.3

Treatment and Content as in

Mathematical Statistics, J. N. Kapur and H. C. Saxena, 20th Edition, S. Chand & Co. Ltd., New
Delhi, 2010.

References

1. S. C. Gupta & V. K. Kapoor, Fundamental of Mathematical Statistics, 9 th Edition, Sultan

Chand & Sons, New Delhi, 1994.
2. P. R. Vittal, Mathematical Statistics, Margham Publications, Chennai, 2002.
 Numerical Methods
Part III (a) – Major Credits: 5
Semester V - Paper XI Hours / Cycle: 6

Unit I Hrs: 18
Algebraic and Transcendental Equations: Introduction, Errors in numerical computation,
Iterative method, Bisection method, Regula-Falsi method, Newton-Raphson method.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.0 – 3.5

Unit II Hours: 18
Finite Differences: Difference operators, other difference operators, Error propagation in a
difference table, Summation of series.
Chapter 6: Sections 6.0 – 6.4

Unit III Hrs: 18

Interpolation: Introduction, Newton’s interpolation formulae, Bessels’s and Stirling’s formula,
Lagrange’s interpolation formulae, Divided differences, Newton’s divided differences formula,
Inverse interpolation.
Chapter 7: Sections 7.0 – 7.6

Unit IV Hrs: 18
Numerical Differentiation and Integration: Introduction, Derivatives using Newton’s forward
difference formula, Derivatives using Newton’s backward difference formula, Numerical
integration – Trapezoidal rule, Simpson’s one – third, three – eighth rule, Weddle’s rule.
Chapter 8: Sections 8.0 – 8.2, 8.5

Unit V Hrs: 18
Numerical Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations: Introduction, Taylor’s series
method, Picard’s method, Euler method, Runge-Kutta methods, Predictor-Corrector methods –
Milne’s method, Adam- Bashforth method.
Chapter 10: Sections 10.0 – 10.7

Treatment and content as in

Numerical Methods,S. Arumugam, A. Thangapandi Isaac, A. Somasundaram, SCITECH
Publications Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, 2001.

References

1. Numerical Analysis, B.D.Gupta, Konark Publishers PVT LTD, New Delhi 2003.
2. Numerical Methods, First Edition,P.Kandaswamy, K. Thilagavathy,
K.Gunavathi,S.Chand&Company LTD, New Delhi, 1997.
3. Numerical Methods,V.N. Vedamurthy, N.Ch.S.N.Iyengar, Vikas Publishing House Pvt.
LTD, New Delhi, 1998.
 Programming in C

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 5

Semester V - Paper XIIA Hours / Cycle: 6
Elective

Unit I Hrs: 18
Constants, Variables and Data Types – Operators and Expressions – Managing Input and Output
Operations
Chapters: 2, 3, 4

Unit II Hours: 18
Decision Making and Branching – Decision Making and Looping
Chapters: 5, 6

Unit III Hours: 18

Arrays – Character Arrays and Strings
Chapters: 7, 8

Unit IV Hours: 18
User Defined Functions – Structures and Unions
Chapters: 9, 10

Unit V Hours: 18
Pointers – File Management in C
Chapters: 11, 12

Treatment and content as in

Programming in ANSI C (4th Edn.), E. Balagurusamy, Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co. Ltd., New
Delhi, 2008.

References

1. Computer Programming in C, V. Rajaraman, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,

1994.
2. Programming in C, P. Pandiyaraja, Vijay Nicole Imprints Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, 2005.
3. The C Programming Language, B.W. Kernighan and D.M. Ritchie, Prentice-Hall of India
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 1986.
4. Programming with C, B.S. Gottfried, Schaum’s Outline Series, Tata McGraw-Hill, New
Delhi, 1995.
 Mathematics of Finance

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 5

Semester V - Paper XIIB Hours / Cycle: 6
Elective

Unit I Hours: 18
Simple Interest and Compound Interest: Simple interest, Equations of value, Partial
payments, Simple discount, Compound Interest, Accumulated value, Discounted value, Finding
the rate, Finding the time, Equations of value, Compound Discount.
Chapters: 3, 4

Unit II Hours: 18
Simple Annuities: Simple Annuities, Accumulated value and discounted value of ordinary
simple annuity, Finding term and interest rate, General annuities, Perpetuities.
Chapters: 5, 6

Unit III Hours: 18

Amortization and Sinking Funds: Amortization of a debt, Outstanding funds, Mortgages,
Sinking funds, Comparison of amortization and sinking fund methods
Chapter: 7

Unit IV Hours: 18
Bonds: Callable bonds, Premium and discount, Price of a bond between bond interest dates,
Finding the yield rate, Other type of bonds
Chapter: 8

Unit V Hours: 18
Capital Budgeting and Depreciation: Net present value, Internal rate of return, Capitalized cost
and capital budgeting, Depreciation
Chapter: 9

Treatment and content as in

Mathematics of Finance, Second edition – Petra Zima, Robert L.Brown, Schaum’s Outlines Tata
McGraw-Hill Edition, 2005

References
1. Business Mathematics, Third Edition, P.R. Vittal, Margham Publications, Chennai, 2005
2. Business Mathematics, V K Kapoor, Sultan Chand & Sons, 2005.
3. Financial Management, Ninth edition, I.M. Pandey, Vikass Publishing house Pvt. Ltd., 2005.
4. Principles of Management Accounting, Fifteenth Edition, S.N. Maheshwari, Majestic Books,
2005.
5. Management Accounting, Second Edition, T.S. Reddy, Hari Prasad Reddy, Margham
Publications, 2004.
 Complex Analysis
Part III (a) – Major Credits: 5
Semester VI - Paper XIII Hours / Cycle: 6

Unit I Hours: 16
Analytic functions: Functions of a Complex variable, Mappings, limits, Theorem on limits,
Continuity, derivatives, differentiation formulas, Cauchy Riemann equations, sufficient
conditions, Polar coordinates, Analytic functions, Harmonic functions
Chapter 2: Sections 11, 12, 14,15, 17 - 25

Unit II Hours: 16
Conformal mapping – preservation of angles, Linear fractional transformations, an implicit
form, mappings of the upper half plane, special linear fractional transformations, w = z 2, w = ez.
Chapter 9: Section94, Chapter 8: Sections 86 – 88, 90, Chapter 2: Section 13

Unit III Hours: 20

Integrals: Contours, Contour integrals, upper bounds for moduli of contour integrals, Anti
derivatives, Cauchy Goursat theorem, Proof of the Cauchy Goursat theorem, Simply and
Multiply connected domains,– Cauchy integral formula – Derivatives of Analytical functions.
Liouville’s theorem and Fundamental theorem of Algebra.– Maximum modulus principle.
Chapter 4: Sections 38 – 50

Unit IV Hours: 19
Convergence of sequence, Convergence of series, Taylor’s series , Laurent series, Absolute and
uniform convergence of power Series, Continuity of sums of power series ,Integration and
differentiation of power series. Uniqueness of series representation
Chapter 5: Sections 51 – 60

Unit V Hours: 19
Residues –Cauchy Residue theorem, Using a single residue, The three types of isolated singular
points, Residues at poles, Zeros of analytical functions, Zeros and poles, Evaluation of real
improper integrals, improper integrals from Fourier Analysis, Jordans lemma, Definite integrals
involving sines and cosines.
Chapter 6: Sections 62 – 69, Chapter 7: Sections 71 – 74, 78

Treatment and content as in

Complex variables and application Seventh Edition by James Ward Brown and Ruel
V.Churchill,Mc-Graw Hill Book Co., International Student Edition, 2003.
References
1. Complex Analysis, Theodore W. gamelan, Springer Verlag, 2008.
2. Complex Analysis, S.Arumugam, A.Thangapandi Isaac, A.Somasundaram,Scitech
publications(India)Pvt,Ltd.Dec2010.
3. ComplexAnalysis,T.K.ManicavachagomPillay,Dr.S.P.Rajagopalan,Dr.R.Sattanathan,S.Visw
anathanPrinters&PublishersPvt. Ltd.,2008.
4. Complex Analysis, S.G.Venkatachalapathy, Margham Publication 2009.
5. Theory of functions of a Complex Variable, Shanti Narayan, Dr.P.K.Mittal, S. Chand and
Company Ltd.2010.
 Mechanics

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 5

Semester VI - Paper XIV Hours / Cycle: 6

Unit I Hrs: 18
Statics: Concurrent system of forces: Triangle law of forces, Lami’s Theorem, Polygon law of
forces, Moment of a force, Varignon’s Theorem.
Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 – 2.9, 2.12 – 2.13, 2.14 – 2.16, Chapter 3: Sections 3.6, 3.7

Unit II Hrs: 18
Friction: Laws of friction, Angle of friction, Ladder problems.
Chapter 4: Sections 4.1 – 4.5

Treatment and content as in Statics, K.Viswanatha Naik, M.S.Kasi, Emerald Publishers,

(1992)
Dynamics - Energy: Kinetic energy, Conservation of energy, Conservation forces.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.8 – 3.14

Unit III Hrs: 18

Projectiles: Trajectory, Horizontal and inclined planes.S.H.M : General solution, Elastic strings,
Composition of two S.H.M, Simple Pendulum, Seconds Pendulum.
Chapter 5: Sections 5.1 – 5.7, Chapter 8: Sections 8.1 – 8.4, Chapter 9: Sections 9.3 – 9.5

Unit IV Hrs: 18
Motion of a particle along a curve: Conical Pendulum, Motion on a curved track, Circular
track, Banked up track, Vertical curve, Motion on the outside of a smooth vertical circle, inside a
vertical circle.
Chapter 9: Sections 9.8 – 9.14

Unit V Hours: 18
Central Orbits: Central forces, Differential equation of a central orbit, Pedal equation, Apse, p-r
equation, Inverse square law.
Chapter 10: Sections 10.1 – 10.8, 10.11

Treatment and content as in

Dynamics, K.Viswanatha Naik, M.S. Kasi, Emerald Publishers, 1992.

References
1. Mechanics, P.Duraipandian, Laxmi Duraipandian, Muthamizh Jayapragasam,S.Chand &
Company Ltd publications, 2010.
2. A text book of Statics, Dr.M.K.Venkataraman, Agasthiar Publications, 1994.
3. A text book of Dynamics, Dr.M.K.Venkataraman, Agasthiar Publications ,1994.
 Linear Programming

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester VI - Paper XV Hours / Cycle: 5

Unit I: Hours: 14
Linear programming Problem -Mathematical Formulation-Graphical Solution and
Extension: Introduction- Linear Programming Problem –Mathematical formulation of L.P.P –
Illustration on Mathematical formulation of L.P.P.Graphical Solution Method – Some
Exceptional Cases – General Linear Programming Problem –Canonical and Standard Forms of
L.P.P.
Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 – 2.4, Chapter 3: Sections 3.1 – 3.5

Unit II: Hours: 16

Linear programming Problem -Simplex Method:Introduction-Fundamental Properties of
Solutions(Theorems-Statement only)-The Computational Procedure-Use of Artificial
Variables(only Big-M Method or Method of Penalties)-Degeneracy in Linear Programming .
Chapter 4: Sections 4.1 – 4.5

Unit III: Hours: 16

Duality in Linear Programming: Introduction –General Primal-Dual Pair-Formulating a Dual
Problem- Primal-Dual Pair in Matrix Form-Duality Theorems-Complementary Slackness
Theorem- Duality and Simplex Method.
Chapter 5: Sections 5.1 – 5.7

Unit IV: Hours: 16

Transportation Problem:Introduction –LP formulation of the transportation Problem –
Existence of solutions in T.P-Duality in Transportation Problem-The Transportation table-Loops
in Transportation tables-Triangular Basis in a T.P-Solution of a Transportation Problem –Finding
an Initial Basic Feasible Solution –Test for Optimality-Economic Interpretation of u j ’s and v j ’s
- Degeneracy in Transportation Problem - Transportation Algorithm(Modi Method)-Stepping
Stone Solution Method-Some Exceptional Cases.
Chapter 10: Sections 10.1 – 10.15

Unit V: Hours: 13
Assignment Problem:Introduction- Mathematical Formulation of the problem-Solution
Methods of Assignment Problems –Special Cases in Assignment Problem.
Sequencing Problem: Introduction-Problem of Sequencing-Basic terms Used in Sequencing-
Processing n jobs through Two Machines.
Chapter 11: Sections 11.1 – 11.4; Chapter 12: Sections 12.1 – 12.4

Treatment and content as in

Operations Research, Kanti Swarup, P.K. Gupta, Man Mohan , Sultan Chand and Sons Ltd,
New Delhi,15th Edition,2010.

References
1. Operations Research, Prem Kumar Gupta, D.S. Hira, S. Chand &Company Ltd, Ram Nagar,
New Delhi, 2007.
2. Operations Research Theory and Applications, Third Edition,J.K.Sharma, Macmilan India
Ltd., 2007.
 Astronomy

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester VI - Paper XVIA (Elective) Hours /Cycle:5

Unit I Hours: 17

Spherical Trigonometry: Sphere – Great circles and small circles – axis and poles of a circle –
Distance between two points on a sphere – angle between two circles – Secondaries – angular
radius – length of an arc of a small circle – spherical triangle – cosine formula, sine formula,
cotangent formula (without proof)
Celestial Sphere: Celestial sphere – diurnal motion, celestial axis and equator – celestial
horizon – Zenith and Nadir – Celestial Meridian – Cardinal points – Declination circles –
Verticals – Parallactic angle – Rising and setting – Transit or culmination – due east, west, north,
south – annual motion of sun – First point of Aries and First point of Libra – Equinoxes and
Solstices – Celestial coordinates – Horizontal, Equatorial, Meridian, ecliptic systems – Hour
Angle and azimuth at rising and setting – latitude of a place – Circumpolar Star – Twilight.
Chapter I:Sections 1 – 8, 11 – 13, 21 – 23, Chapter II:Sections 39 – 82,
Chapter III:Sections 111 – 116

Unit II Hours: 15

Refraction: Laws of refraction – Astronomical refraction – Tangent formula – General effects –

Effects on rising or setting – Effect on R.A, declination – effect on small horizontal arc, vertical
arc, any small arc – Cassini’s Formula – Horizontal refraction
Concepts of geocentric, heliocentric parallax, aberration, Precession and Nutation (definitions
only)
Overview of the universe – The solar system in general – the other planets – comets – galaxies.
Chapter IV: Sections 117 – 131, Chapter V:Sections 135, 136, 140 – 145,
Chapter VIII: Sections 190, 191, 194, Chapter IX: Sections 195, 196,
Chapter X: Sections 204 – 206
Chapter XVII: Sections 327 - 340

Unit III Hours: 15

Kepler’s Laws: Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion – Longitude of Perigee – Forward motion of
the apse line – eccentricity of earth’s orbit – To fix the position of a planet in its elliptical orbit –
To express v as a series of u- mean anomaly – Kepler’s equation – To express u as a series in m.
Planetary Phenomena: Phases of the planets – Relation between sidereal and synodic period of
a planet, brightness of the planets.
Chapter VI: Sections 146-149,156-160, Chapter XIV: Sections 285 – 297.

Unit IV Hours: 13

Time: Equation of time – Seasons – Calendar – Conversion of time

Chapter VII: Sections 166 – 170, 172 – 189
Unit V Hours: 15

Moon: Relation between sidereal and synodic month – elongation – Phases of moon.
Eclipses: Umbra and Penumbra – Lunar eclipse – Solar eclipse – Condition for occurrence of a
solar eclipse – angular radius of the cross section of the shadow cone where moon enters – length
of earth’s shadow – condition for the occurrence of a solar eclipse – ecliptic limits – maximum
and minimum number of eclipses near a node - in a year – Saros of Chaldeans
Chapter XII: Sections 229-241, Chapter XIII:Sections 256 – 275

Treatment and content as in

Astronomy by S. Kumaravelu and Susheela Kumaravelu, 2005.

References
1. Text Book on Spherical Astronomy, Sixth Edition,W.M. Smart, VIKAS Publishing House
Pvt. Ltd., 1979.
2. Exploration of the Universe, Second Edition, George Abell, 1981.

Observational Astronomy
1. Systems of coordinates – a practical study.
2. Observation of moon – at different phases.
3. Observation of planets.
4. Observation of satellites of planets.
5. Identification of constellations.
 FLUID DYNAMICS

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 4

Semester VI - Paper XVIB (Elective) Hours /Cycle:5

Unit I Hours: 15
Kinematics of fluids in motion: Real fluids and ideal fluids – velocity of a fluid at a point –
stream lines and path lines; steady and unsteady flows – the velocity potential – the vorticity
vector – local and particle rates of change – the Equations of continuity – worked examples –
Acceleration of fluid – Conditions at a rigid boundary – general analysis of fluid motion.
Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 – 2.11

Unit II Hours: 15
Equations of motions of a fluid: Pressure at a point in a fluid at rest – Pressure at a point in
moving fluid – Conditions at a boundary of two inviscid immiscible fluids – Euler’s equation of
motion, Bernoulli’s equation – worked examples.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.1 – 3.6

Unit III Hours: 15

Discussion of the case of steady motion under conservative body forces – some flows involving
axial symmetry – some special two dimensional flows – Impulsive motion – some further aspects
of Vortex motion.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.7, 3.9 – 3.12

Unit IV Hours: 15
Some Three dimensional flows: Introduction – Sources, sinks and doublets – Images in a rigid
infinite plane – Images in solid spheres – Axisymmetric flows; Stoke’s stream function.
Chapter 4: Sections 4.1 – 4.5

Unit V Hours: 15
Some Two-dimensional flows:Meaning of two dimensional flow – use of cylindrical polar
coordinates – stream function – the complex potential for two dimensional, irrotational,
incompressible flow – the complex velocity potentials for standard two dimensional flows –
some worked examples – Two dimensional image systems – Milne Thompson circle Theorem –
The Theorem of Blasius.
Chapter 5: Sections 5.1 – 5.9

Treatment and content as in:

Text book of Fluid Dynamics, F.Chorlton, CBS Publishers and Distributors, 1985.

References
1. Fluid Dynamics, Walther Kaufmann, Tata McGraw-Hill, 1963.
2. Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, Vijay Gupta, Santosh K. Gupta, Wiley Eastern Ltd.,
1984.
 Formal Languages and Graph Theory

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 5

Semester VI - Paper XVII A (Elective) Hours /Cycle: 6

UNIT I Hours: 18
Phrase-Structure languages, Closure properties:Four types of grammars, Chomskian
hierarchy, Closure operations, Derivation trees, Ambiguity.
Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 – 2.4, Chapter 3: Sections 3.1, 3.2, Chapter 4: Sections 4.1, 4.2

UNIT II Hours: 18
Normal form of CFG, Property of CFL:Auxiliary lemmas, Chomsky Normal form, u-v
theorem.
Chapter 4: Sections 4.3, 4.4 (upto Theorem 4.1 and examples 4.10, 4.11, 4.12), 4.5 (up to
Theorem 4.3 and example 4.15)

UNIT III Hours: 18

Finite State Automata: Finite Automaton, Non-Deterministic Finite Automaton, Finite
Automata and Regular sets, Closure properties of Regular sets, Charaterisation of the family of
Regular sets.
Chapter 5: Sections 5.1 – 5.4 (up to Theorem 5.7 and examples using it)
Treatment and content as in:
Formal Languages and Automata, Rani Siromoney, CLS, 1984.

UNIT IV Hours: 18
Introduction, Paths and Circuits: Graphs, Incidence and degree of a vertex, Walks, Paths and
Circuits, Euler graphs, Operations on graphs, Hamiltonian paths and circuits, Travelling
Salesman Problem
Chapter 1: Sections 1.1 – 1.6, Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 – 2.10

UNIT V Hours: 18
Trees, Fundamental Circuits, Cut-sets and Cut-vertices:Trees, Properties of trees, On
counting trees, Spanning trees, Fundamental circuits, Cut-sets, Properties of cut-sets,
Connectivity and separability.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.1 – 3.10, Chapter 4: Sections 4.1 – 4.5

Treatment and content as in:

Graph Theory with Applications to Engineering and Computer Science, Narsingh Deo, Prentice
Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., 2005.

References
1. D.P. Acharjya, Theory of Computation, MJP Publications, 2010.
2. Peter Linz, An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata, Narosa Publications, Fourth
Edition, 2010.
3. Kamala Krithivasan and R. Rama, Introduction to Formal Languages, Automata Theory and
Computation, Pearson, Chennai, 2011.
4. S.P. Rajagopalan and R. Sattanathan, Graph Theory, Margham Publications, Chennai, 2009.
5. S. Arumugam and S. Ramachandran, Invitation to Graph Theory, SCITECH Publications
(India) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, 2002.
6. S.A. Choudum, A First Course in Graph Theory, Macmillan India Ltd., New Delhi, 1999.
 Mathematical Modeling

Part III (a) – Major Credits: 5

Semester VI - Paper XVII B (Elective) Hours /Cycle: 6

UNIT I Hours: 18
Mathematical Modeling through Ordinary Differential Equations of First order: Linear
Growth and Decay Models – Non-Linear Growth and DecayModels – Compartment Models –
Dynamic problems – Geometrical problems.
Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 – 2.6

UNIT II Hours: 18
Mathematical Modeling through Systems of Ordinary Differential Equations of First
Order: Population Dynamics – Epidemics – Compartment Models –Economics – Medicine,
Arms Race, Battles and International Trade – Dynamics.
Chapter 3: Sections 3.1 – 3.6

UNIT III Hours: 18

Mathematical Modeling through Ordinary Differential Equations of Second Order:
Planetary Motions – Circular Motion and Motion of Satellites –Mathematical Modeling through
Linear Differential Equations of Second Order –Miscellaneous Mathematical Models.
Chapter 4: Sections 4.1 – 4.4

UNIT IV Hours: 18
Mathematical Modeling through Difference Equations: Simple Models – BasicTheory of
Linear Difference Equations with Constant Coefficients – Economicsand Finance – Population
Dynamics and Genetics – Probability Theory.
Chapter 5: Sections 5.1 – 5.5

UNIT V Hours: 18
Mathematical Modeling through Graphs: Solutions that can be ModelledThrough Graphs –
Mathematical Modeling in Terms of Directed Graphs, SignedGraphs, Weighted Digraphs and
Unoriented Graphs.
Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 – 7.5

Treatment and content as in

Mathematical Modeling, J.N. Kapur, Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi, 1988.

References
1. J.N. Kapur, Mathematical Models in biology and Medicine, EWP, New Delhi,1985.
 Allied I: Allied Mathematics – I
(For both Physics and Chemistry)

Part III (b) - Allied I Credits: 5

Semester I - Paper I Hours / Cycle: 6

Unit I Hours: 18
Introduction to Partial Differentiation -Partial Differentiation – Total differential co-efficient -
Euler’s Theorem – Maxima and Minima of functions of two variables – Lagrange’s method of
undetermined multipliers.
Treatment and Content as in
Calculus – Volume I by S. Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan
Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2009.
Chapter 8: Sections 1.1 – 1.6, 4, 5
Jacobian - Definition and simple problems.
Treatment and Content as in
Calculus – Volume II by S. Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan
Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2009.
Chapter 6: Sections 1.1, 2.3, 2.4

Unit II Hours: 18
Introduction - Integration of irrational functions - Methods of integration of the following types
only:
( px  q)
  px  q  ax  bx  c dx ,
dx
 ax 2  bx  c ,  (ax 2  bx  c) dx,  ax  bx  c dx ,
2 2

dx dx
 x  k  ax 2  bx  c and  ax 2  b cx 2  d -
  
Properties of Definite integrals - Integration by parts - Bernoulli’s formula.
Treatment and Content as in
Calculus – Volumes II by S. Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan
Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
Chapter 1: Sections 8, 11, 12, 15.1

Unit III Hours: 18

Second order linear differential equations with constants co-efficients – Methods of finding
particular integral of the functions of eax, sin ax or cos ax, eaxv(x), xm.
Fourier series – Even and odd functions – Half range Fourier series.
Treatment and Content as in
Calculus – Volume III by S. Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan
Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
Chapter 2: Sections 1 – 4; Chapter 6: Sections 1 – 5
Unit IV Hours: 18
Analytical geometry of three dimensions: Direction Cosines – direction ratios. The plane: Three
forms of an equation of a plane (without derivations) – Angle between the two planes – Length
of the perpendicular from a point to the plane (simple problems only) – The straight line.
Treatment and Content as in
A Textbook of Analytical Geometry Part - II – Three Dimensions by T. K.
ManicavachagomPillay and T. Natarajan, S. Viswanathan Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2009.
Chapter 1: Sections 7, 8; Chapter 2: Sections 1 – 3, 5 – 7, 10; Chapter 3: Sections 1 – 4

Unit V Hours: 18
Theory of equations: Nature of roots – Relation between the coefficients and the roots of an
algebraic equation – Transformation of equations – Reciprocal equation.
Treatmentand Content as in
Algebra Volume – I by T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, T. Natarajan, K.S. Ganapathy,
S. Viswanathan Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2004.
Chapter 6: Sections 9 – 11, 15,16
Matrices: Rank of a matrix – Eigen values and Eigen vectors – Cayley Hamilton theorem.
Treatmentand Content as in
Algebra Volume – II by T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, T. Natarajan, K.S. Ganapathy,
S. Viswanathan Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2004.
Chapter 2: Sections 11 – 16

References
1. Allied Mathematics (in single volume) P. R. Vittal, Margham Publications, Reprint 2005.
2. Allied Mathematics (For Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science Major Courses of
Madras University) by A. Singaravelu (Meenakshi Traders), 2001.
 Allied I: Allied Mathematics - II
(For Chemistry)
Part III (b) – Allied Credits: 5
Semester II– Paper II Hours/ Cycle: 6

Unit I: Partial Differential Equations Hours: 18

Introduction to Partial Differential Equations - Order and derivation of Partial Differential
Equations, Different integrals of Partial Differential Equations, Solution of Partial Differential
Equations in some simple cases, Standard types of first order Partial Differential Equations
(standard types I to IV).
Treatment and Content as in
Calculus – Volume III by S. Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan
Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
Chapter 4: Sections 1 – 4, 5.1 – 5.4

Unit II: Multiple Integrals Hours: 18

Introduction - Definition of double integral, evaluation of double integral(including changing the
order of integration), triple integrals, application of multiple integrals (area enclosed between
curves), volume as a triple integral.
Treatment and Content as in
Calculus – Volume II by S. Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan
Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
Chapter 5: Sections 1, 2, 4, 5.1, 6.3

Unit III:Vector Calculus Hours: 18

Gradient, Divergence and curl, Vector identities, Line integral, Surface integral, Volume
integral.
Treatment and content as in
Ancillary Mathematics Book III by S.Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagamPillay,
S. Viswanathan Publishers, 1999.
Vector analysis – Chapter 2: Sections 1 – 12; Chapter 4: Sections 1 – 5

Unit IV:Vector Integration Hours: 18

Statement of Gauss divergence theorem, Green’s Theorem, Stokes theorem (without proof) and
Applications.

Treatment and content as in

Ancillary Mathematics Book III by S.Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagamPillay,
S. Viswanathan Publishers, 1999.
Vector analysis – Chapter 4: Sections 6 – 10
Unit V: Groups Hours: 18
Binary operation, Definition of groups, Abelian group, Infinite group, properties of groups,
Composition table for finite sets, Addition modulo m, Multiplication modulo m, Permutation and
order of an element, cyclic permutation, Integral powers of an element of a group, Isomorphism
of groups, Cayley’s theorem, cyclic group, Properties of cyclic groups.
Treatment and content as in
Ancillary Mathematics Book I by S.Narayanan, T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, Kandaswamy, R.
HanumanthaRao, 1999.
Chapter 8: Section II: 1 – 6

References
1. Allied Mathematics by P. R. Vittal, Margham Publications, Reprint 2005.
2. Allied Mathematics – Paper II – Second Semester by P. Kandaswamy and K. Thilagavathy,
S. Chand & Co., Reprint 2010.
3. Ancillary Mathematics Paper IV by Arumugam and Isaac , New Gamma Publishing House,
1992.
 Allied I: Allied Mathematics - II
(For Physics)
Part III (b) – Allied Credits: 5
Semester II– Paper II Hours/ Cycle: 6
Unit I: Partial Differential Equations Hours: 18
Order and derivation of Partial Differential Equations, Different integrals of Partial Differential
Equations, Solution of Partial Differential Equations in some simple cases, Standard types of
first order Partial Differential Equations (standard types I to IV).
Treatment and Content as in
Calculus – Volume III by S. Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan
Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
Chapter 4: Sections 1 – 4, 5.1 – 5.4

Unit II: Multiple Integrals Hours: 18

Definition of double integral, evaluation of double integral(including changing the order of
integration), triple integrals, application of multiple integrals (area enclosed between curves),
volume as a triple integral.
Treatment and Content as in
Calculus – Volume II by S. Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan
Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
Chapter 5: Sections 1, 2, 4, 5.1, 6.3

Unit III:Vector Calculus Hours: 18

Introduction - Gradient, Divergence and curl, Vector identities, Line integral, Surface integral,
Volume integral.
Treatment and content as in
Ancillary Mathematics Book III by S.Narayanan& T. K. ManicavachagamPillay, S.
Viswanathan Publishers, 1999.
Vector analysis – Chapter 2: Sections 1 – 12, Chapter 4: Sections 1 – 5

Unit IV:Vector Integration Hours: 18

Statement of Gauss divergence theorem, Green’s Theorem, Stokes theorem (without proof) and
Applications.
Treatment and content as in
Ancillary Mathematics Book III by S.Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagamPillay, S.
Viswanathan Publishers, 1999.
Vector analysis – Chapter 4: Sections 6 – 10

Unit V: Laplace transforms Hours: 18

Definitions, Laplace transform of periodic functions, The inverse transforms, Simple problems,
Solving second order differential equations with constant coefficients using Laplace transforms.

Treatment and Content as in

Calculus – Volume III by S. Narayanan and T. K. ManicavachagomPillay, S. Viswanathan
Printers & Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2007.
Chapter 5: Sections 1 – 8

References
1. Allied Mathematics by P. R. Vittal, Margham Publications, Reprint 2005.
2. Allied Mathematics – Paper II – Second Semester by P. Kandaswamy and K. Thilagavathy,
S. Chand & Co., Reprint 2010.
 Allied II:Discrete Mathematics – I
(Optional Allied)

Part III (b) – Allied Credits: 5

Semester III – Paper I Hours / Cycle: 6

Unit I Hours: 18
Basic Combinatorial Numbers – Stirling Numbers of the First Kind – Stirling Numbers of the
Second Kind.
Section: I.1

Unit II Hours: 18
Generating Functions and Recurrence Relations – Symmetric Functions.
Sections: I.2 and I.3

Unit III Hours: 18

Multinomials – Multinomial Theorem – Inclusion and Exclusion Principle.
Sections: I.4 and I.5 (up to page 77)

Unit IV Hours: 18
Euler Function – Permutations with Forbidden Positions – The ‘Menage’ Problem – Problem of
Fibonacci.
Sections: I.5 (from page 77) and I.6

Unit V Hours: 18
Polya Theory – Necklace Problem and Burnside’s Lemma – Cycle Index of a Permutation Group
– Polya’s theorems and their Immediate Applications.
Sections: II.1, II.2 and II.3

Treatment and content as in

Combinatorics Theory and Applications, V. Krishnamurthy, East –West Press. 1989.

References
1. V.K. Balakrishnan, Theory and Problems of combinatorics, Schaums outline series –
Mcgraw Hill, 1994.
2. Ian Anderson, Combinatorics of finite sets, Oxford Science Publication, 2011.
3. Kenneth P. Boggart, Introductory Combinatorics, Pitman Books Ltd, 1983.
 Allied II:Discrete Mathematics – II
(Optional Allied)

Part III (b) – Allied Credits: 5

Semester IV – Paper II Hours / Cycle: 6

Unit I Hours: 18
Mathematical Induction, Recurrence Relations and Generating Functions
Techniques of Proof – Mathematical Induction – Recurrence – Polynomials and their
Evaluations – Recurrence Relations – Generating Functions – Some Common Recurrence
Relations – Primitive Recursive Functions – Recursive and Partial Recursive Functions.
Chapter IV: Sections 1 and 2, Chapter V: Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Unit II Hours: 18
Mathematical Logic: TF Statements – Connectives – Atomic and Compound Statements –
Well-Formed Statement Formulae –Parsing – Truth Table of a Formula – Tautology –
Tautological Implications and Equivalence of Formulae.
Chapter IX: Sections 1 – 8.

Unit III Hours: 18

Mathematical Logic (Contd…): Replacement Process – Functionally Complete sets of
connectives and Duality law – Normal Forms – Principal Normal Forms.
Chapter IX: Sections 9 – 11,12.

Unit IV Hours: 18
Lattices: Lattices – Some properties of Lattices – New Lattices – Modular and Distributive
Lattices.
Chapter X: Sections 1 (omit Example 15, pp No. 10.6), 2, 3 (omit Remark, pp 10.14),
4 (omit Theorem 10 and 17, Example 4, pp 10.23, Example 11, pp 10.24).

Unit V Hours: 18
Boolean Algebra:Boolean Algebra – Boolean Polynomials – Karnaugh Maps.
Chapter X: Sections 5 (omit Theorem 25), 6, 7 (omit K-Map for 5 and 6 vertices)

Treatment and Content as in:

Discrete Mathematics, M.K. Venkataraman, N. Sridharan and N. Chandrasekaran, The National
Publishing Company, Chennai, 2003.

References
1. R. Johnsonbaugh, Discrete Mathematics, 5th Edn., Pearson Education, Asia, 2001.
2. C.L. Liu, Elements of Discrete Mathematics, McGraw Hill, New York, 1985.
3. J. Truss, Discrete Mathematics for Computer Scientists, 2 nd Edn., Pearson Education, Asia,
2000.
4. M.K. Sen and B.C. Chakraborthy, Discrete Mathematics, 2nd Edn., Books and Allied Private
Ltd., Kolkata, 2002.
 General Course
Basic Mathematics

Part IV (a) – BT/AT/GC Credits: 2

Semesters I & II Hours/ Cycle: 4

Unit I Hours: 12
Algebra: Sets and functions – Matrices

Unit II Hours: 12
Roots of Polynomial: roots – relation between roots and coefficients – Remainder theorem and
applications – Newton’s Method.
Sequences and Series: Arithmetic Progression, Geometric Progression and Sum to n terms,
Binomial, Exponential and Logarithmic series.
Calculus: Continuous and discontinuous functions – Graph of y = x, x2, x3, ex, log10x, sin x,
cos x and tan x – Derivative of the above functions.

Unit – III Hours: 12

Calculus: Derivative of addition, subtraction, multiplication and quotient of two functions.
Geometrical meaning of derivative, maxima and minima.Simple applications in Biology and
Physics.

Unit – IV Hours: 12
Integration: Geometrical meaning of integration, Integration of the above functions, Integration
of Partial fractions, Definite integration, Integration by parts, areas and volumes involving
functions of the above type only.

Unit – V Hours: 12
Differential Equations:First order first degree – Solution of dy/dx + Py = Q where P, Q are
functions of x only.

References
1. Applied Mathematics for the managerial, Life and Social Sciences (2 ndEdn.), S.T.Tan, Stone
Hill College.
2. Algebra, Vol. I by T.K. ManicavachagomPillay and others, S.ViswanathanPrinters &
Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1993
3. Calculus Vol. II by S. Narayanan and others, S.ViswanathanPrinters & Publishers Pvt. Ltd.,
1999.
4. Calculus Vol. III by S. Narayanan and others, S.ViswanathanPrinters & Publishers Pvt. Ltd.,
1999.
5. Engineering Mathematics Vol. I by M.K. Venkataraman, National Publishing Co. 1994.
 Interdisciplinary
Mathematical Physics

Part IV (b) – Skill Based Credits: 3

Semester III Hours / Cycle: 4

Partial differential Equations

Unit I Hours: 12
Introduction – Formation of Partial Differential Equations by Elimination of Arbitrary Functions
– Formation of Partial Differential Equations by Elimination of Arbitrary Functions – Types of
Solutions of Partial Differential Equations – Solutions by Direct Integration – First Order Partial
Differential Equations – Solutions by Direct Integration – First Order Partial Differential
Equations – Type I f  p, q   0 - Type II z  px  qy  f  p, q  (Clairaut’s Form) - Type III
f z, p, q   0 - Type IV f1 x, p   f 2  y, q  - Equations Reducible to Standard Forms
Chapter 3:Sections 3.0 – 3.10

Unit II Hours: 12
Lagrange’s Equation – Partial Differential Equations of Higher Order – Non-homogeneous
Linear Equations with Constant Coefficient
Chapter 3: Sections 3.11 – 3.13
Applications of Partial Differential Equation

Unit III Hours: 12

Introduction – Derivation of One Dimensional Wave Equation – Solution of One Dimensional
Wave Equation – One Dimensional Heat Flow – Solution of One Dimensional Heat Equation
Chapter 4: Sections 4.0 – 4.4

Unit IV Hours: 12
Two Dimensional Heat equation – Cartesian Form – Temperature Distribution in a Rectangular
Plate – Temperature Distribution in an Infinite Plate – Temperature Distribution In Rectangular
Plate with Insulated Sides
Chapter 4: Sections 4.5 – 4.8
Special Functions

Unit V Hours: 12
Introduction – Bessel Functions (Omit Series Solution) - Legendre’s Equation (Omit Series
Solution).
Chapter 6: Sections 6.0 – 6.2

Treatmentand Content as in
Engineering Mahematics Volume – III by S. Arumugam, A. Thangapandi Isaac, A.
Somasundaram, Second Edition, Scitech Publications (India) Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.
References
1. Engineering Mathematics Third Year – Part B by M.K. Venkataraman, The National
Publishing Company, Chennai.
2. Higher Mathematics for Engineering and Science by M.K. Venkataraman, The National
Publishing Company, Chennai.
3. Differential Equations, Third Edition byShepley L.Ross, John Wiley & Sons, 2004.
4. B.D. Gupta, Mathematical Physics, Second Revised Edition, VikasPublising House Pvt. Ltd.
2004
5. Courant and Hilbert, Mathematical Physics
 General Elective - Space Science

Part IV (b)–Skill Based Credits: 3

Semester V Hours / Cycle: 4

UNIT I Hours: 12
Aspects of the Sky: Introduction - The celestial sphere – Its apparent daily rotation – Celestial
coordinates – Diurnal circles of the stars – The sun’s apparent annual path –Morning and
Evening stars –Circumpolar stars – Twilight.
Chapter 2: Sections 39 – 63, 66 – 73, 75 – 78, 80 – 82, Chapter 3: Sections 111 – 114

UNIT II Hours: 12
The Earth in Motion: Introduction -The Earth’s rotation – Its revolution – Length of the Day –
Terrestrial latitude and longitude – Date line - The seasons - Calendar.
Chapter 3: Sections 87 – 93, Chapter 7: Sections 173 – 177

UNIT III Hours: 12

Astronomical Instruments: Introduction - Sidereal Clock – Chronometer – Gnomon – Sundial -
Astronomical Telescope – Zenith Sector – Heliometer– Equatorial - Spectroscope – Radio
Telescope.
Chapter 15: Sections 305 – 311, 315, 319, 320

UNIT IV Hours: 12
The Solar system: Introduction - The Sun – The Planets – Satellites – Asteroids –Comets –
Meteors.
Chapter 17

UNIT V Hours: 12
The Stellar Universe: Introduction – Stellar motion – Distance of stars – Magnitude of stars –
Apparent,visual and photovisual magnitudes – absolute magnitudes – relation between apparent
and absolute magnitude of stars – colour and size of stars – double and multiple stars – variable
stars – Novae – Star clusters – Nebulae – Constellations – Zodiacal Constellations – Milky Way
– Seasonal changes in the night sky.
Chapter 18: Sections 341 – 358

Treatment and Content as in

Kumaravelu and Suseela Kumaravelu, Astronomy, 2005.

References
1. Exploration of the Universe, George O. Abell, 1981.
2. Foundations of Astronomy, Third Edition, Michael Seeds, Wadsworth Publishing Company,
California, 1992.
 Computer Training

Part IV (b) – Skill Based Credits: 3

Semester VI Hours / Cycle: 2

Unit I Hours: 6
Introduction to Maxima, Equations – Find Roots, Roots of Polynomials, Solve Linear
Systems, Solve Algebraic Systems, Solve ODE, Initial Value Problems, Boundary Value
Problems, Solve ODE with Laplace.

Unit II Hours: 6
Algebra – Generate Matrix, Generate Matrix from Expression, Enter Matrix, Invert Matrix,
Characteristic Polynomial, Determinants, Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors, Adjoint Matrix, Transpose
Matrix.

Unit III Hours: 6

Calculus – integration, Change Variables, Differentiation, Find Limits, Find Minimum, Get
Series, Calculate Sum, Calculate Product, Laplace Transform, Inverse Laplace Transform,
Greatest Common Divisor, Least Common Multiple, Divide Polynomials, Partial Fractions,
Continued Fractions.

Unit IV Hours: 6
Simplify – Simplify Expressions, Simplify Radicals, Factor Expression, Factor Complex,
Expand Expression, Expand Logarithms, Contract Logarithms, Factorials and Gamma,
Trigonometric Simplification, Complex Simplification.

Unit V Hours: 6
Plot – Plot 2D, Plot 3D, Plot Format;
Numeric – Toggle Numeric Output, To Float, To Bigfloat, Set Precision,
Solving Linear Programming Problems – Simplex Methods

References
Maxima 5.25.0 Manual
(Internet Source: http://andrejv.github.com/wxmaxima/help.html)