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The document provides an overview of the syllabus for the IIT JAM exam, outlining topics covered in mathematical methods, mechanics, oscillations and waves, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, modern physics, solid state physics, devices and electronics.

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Iit Jam Syllabus

The document provides an overview of the syllabus for the IIT JAM exam, outlining topics covered in mathematical methods, mechanics, oscillations and waves, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, modern physics, solid state physics, devices and electronics.

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IIT JAM SYLLABUS

Mathematical Methods: Calculus of single and multiple variables, partial derivatives, Jacobian, imperfect and perfect
differentials, Taylor expansion, Fourier series. Vector algebra, Vector Calculus, Multiple integrals, Divergence
theorem, Green’s theorem, Stokes’ theorem. First order equations and linear second order differential equations with
constant coefficients. Matrices and determinants, Algebra of complex numbers.

Mechanics and General Properties of Matter: Newton’s laws of motion and applications, Velocity and acceleration
in Cartesian, polar and cylindrical coordinate systems, uniformly rotating frame, centrifugal and Coriolis forces, Motion
under a central force, Kepler’s laws, Gravitational Law and field, Conservative and non-conservative forces. System of
particles, Center of mass, equation of motion of the CM, conservation of linear and angular momentum, conservation
of energy, variable mass systems. Elastic and inelastic collisions. Rigid body motion, fixed axis rotations, rotation and
translation, moments of Inertia and products of Inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorem. Principal moments
and axes. Kinematics of moving fluids, equation of continuity, Euler’s equation, Bernoulli’s theorem.

Oscillations, Waves and Optics: Differential equation for simple harmonic oscillator and its general solution.
Superposition of two or more simple harmonic oscillators. Lissajous figures. Damped and forced oscillators,
resonance. Wave equation, traveling and standing waves in one-dimension. Energy density and energy transmission
in waves. Group velocity and phase velocity. Sound waves in media. Doppler Effect. Fermat’s Principle. General
theory of image formation. Thick lens, thin lens and lens combinations. Interference of light, optical path retardation.
Fraunhofer diffraction. Rayleigh criterion and resolving power. Diffraction gratings. Polarization: linear, circular and
elliptic polarization. Double refraction and optical rotation.

Electricity and Magnetism: Coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law. Electric field and potential. Electrostatic boundary
conditions, Solution of Laplace’s equation for simple cases. Conductors, capacitors, dielectrics, dielectric polarization,
volume and surface charges, electrostatic energy. Biot-Savart law, Ampere’s law, Faraday’s law of electromagnetic
induction, Self and mutual inductance. Alternating currents. Simple DC and AC circuits with R, L and C components.
Displacement current, Maxwell’s equations and plane electromagnetic waves, Poynting’s theorem, reflection and
refraction at a dielectric interface, transmission and reflection coefficients (normal incidence only). Lorentz Force and
motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields.

Kinetic Theory, Thermodynamics: Elements of Kinetic theory of gases. Velocity distribution and Equipartition of
energy. Specific heat of Mono-, di- and tri-atomic gases. Ideal gas, van-der-Waals gas and equation of state. Mean
free path. Laws of thermodynamics. Zeroth law and concept of thermal equilibrium. First law and its consequences.
Isothermal and adiabatic processes. Reversible, irreversible and quasi-static processes. Second law and entropy.
Carnot cycle. Maxwell’s thermodynamic relations and simple applications. Thermodynamic potentials and their
applications. Phase transitions and Clausius-Clapeyron equation. Ideas of ensembles, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-
Dirac and Bose-Einstein distributions.

Modern Physics: Inertial frames and Galilean invariance. Postulates of special relativity. Lorentz transformations.
Length contraction, time dilation. Relativistic velocity addition theorem, mass energy equivalence. Blackbody radiation,
photoelectric effect, Compton effect, Bohr’s atomic model, X-rays. Wave-particle duality, Uncertainty principle, the
superposition principle, calculation of expectation values, Schrödinger equation and its solution for one, two, and
three-dimensional boxes. Solution of Schrödinger equation for the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator. Reflection and
transmission at a step potential, Pauli exclusion principle. Structure of atomic nucleus, mass and binding energy.
Radioactivity and its applications. Laws of radioactive decay.

Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics: Crystal structure, Bravais lattices and basis. Miller indices. X-ray
diffraction and Bragg's law; Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, variation of resistivity with temperature. Fermi level.
p-n junction diode, I-V characteristics, Zener diode and its applications, BJT: characteristics in CB, CE, CC modes.
Single stage amplifier, two stage R-C coupled amplifiers. Simple Oscillators: Barkhausen condition, sinusoidal
oscillators. OPAMP and applications: Inverting and non-inverting amplifier. Boolean algebra: Binary number systems;
conversion from one system to another system; binary addition and subtraction. Logic Gates AND, OR, NOT, NAND,
NOR exclusive OR; Truth tables; combination of gates; de Morgan’s theorem.

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