DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

Course Structure & Syllabi for MINOR Programme in Mathematics

(To be applicable for BTech 2010-batch onwards)
Semester Course Course Title L-T-P-C
Code
3rd MA 211M Real Analysis 3-0-0-6
4th MA 212M Mathematical Statistics 3-0-0-6
th MA 311M Scientific Computing
5 3-0-2-8
th MA 312M Modern Algebra
6 3-0-0-6
th MA 411M Differential Geometry
7 3-0-0-6
Total credits 15- 0- 2-32

MA 211M Real Analysis (3-0-0-6)

Metrics and norms – metric spaces, normed vector spaces, convergence in metric spaces,
completeness, pointwise and uniform convergence of sequence of functions; Functions of
several variables – differentiability, chain rule, Taylor’s theorem, inverse function theorem,
implicit function theorem; Introduction to Lebesgue measure and integral – measureable sets,
measurable functions, Lebesgue integral, dominated convergence theorem, monotone
convergence theorem.

Texts:
1. N. L. Carothers, Real Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
nd
2. J. E. Marsden and M. J. Hoffman, Elementary Classical Analysis, 2 Ed., W. H. Freeman, 1993.
Reference:
nd
1. M. Capinski and E. Kopp, Measure, Integral and Probability, 2 Ed., Springer, 2007.

MA 212M Mathematical Statistics (3-0-0-6)

Probability – probability spaces, random variables and random vectors, functions of random
vectors, univariate and multivariate distributions, mathematical expectations, moment
generating functions, convergence in probability and in distribution and related results;
Sampling distributions; Point estimation – estimators, sufficiency, completeness, minimum
variance unbiased estimation, maximum likelihood estimation, method of moments, Cramer-
Rao inequality, consistency; Interval estimation; Testing of hypotheses – tests and critical
regions, Neymann-Pearson lemma, uniformly most powerful tests, likelihood ratio tests;
Correlation and linear regression.
Texts:
th
1. R. V. Hogg, J. W. McKean and A. Craig, Introduction to Mathematical Statistics, 6 Ed., Pearson
Education India, 2006.
2. B. L. S. Prakasa Rao, A First Course in Probability and Statistics, World Scientific/Cambridge
University Press India, 2009.
References:
nd
1. V. K. Rohatgi and A. K. Md. E. Saleh, An Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 2 Ed., Wiley
India, 2000.
nd
2. G. Casella and R. L. Berger, Statistical Inference, 2 Ed., Duxbury Press/Thompson Learning
India, 2002.
MA 311M Scientific Computing (3-0-2-8)

Errors; Iterative methods for nonlinear equations; Polynomial interpolation, spline interpolations;
Numerical integration based on interpolation, quadrature methods, Gaussian quadrature; Initial
value problems for ordinary differential equations – Euler method, Runge-Kutta methods, multi-
step methods, predictor-corrector method, stability and convergence analysis; Finite difference
schemes for partial differential equations – Explicit and implicit schemes; Consistency, stability
and convergence; Stability analysis (matrix method and von Neumann method), Lax
equivalence theorem; Finite difference schemes for initial and boundary value problems (FTCS,
Backward Euler and Crank-Nicolson schemes, ADI methods, Lax Wendroff method, upwind
scheme).

Texts:
rd
1. D. Kincaid and W. Cheney, Numerical Analysis: Mathematics of Scientific Computing, 3 Ed.,
AMS, 2002.
rd
2. G. D. Smith, Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations, 3 Ed., Calrendorn Press, 1985.
References:

1. K. E. Atkinson, An Introduction to Numerical Analysis, Wiley, 1989.

2. S. D. Conte and C. de Boor, Elementary Numerical Analysis - An Algorithmic Approach, McGraw-
Hill, 1981.
3. R. Mitchell and S. D. F. Griffiths, The Finite Difference Methods in Partial Differential Equations,
Wiley, 1980.

MA 312M Modern Algebra (3-0-0-6)

Formal properties of integers, equivalence relations, congruences, rings, homomorphisms,

ideals, integral domains, fields; Groups, homomorphisms, subgroups, cosets, Lagrange’s
theorem , normal subgroups, quotient groups, permutation groups; Groups actions, orbits,
stabilizers, Cayley’s theorem, conjugacy, class equation, Sylow’s theorems and applications;
Principal ideal domains, Euclidean domains, unique factorization domains, polynomial rings;
Characteristic of a field, field extensions, algebraic extensions, finite fields.

Texts:
th
1. N. H. McCoy and G. J. Janusz, Introduction to Abstract Algebra, 6 Ed., Elsevier, 2005.
th
2. J. A. Gallian, Contemporary Abstract Algebra, 4 Ed., Narosa, 1998.

References:
1. I. N. Herstein, Topics in Algebra, Wiley, 2004.
2. J. B. Fraleigh, A First Course in Abstract Algebra, Addison Wesley, 2002.
MA 411M Differential Geometry (3-0-0-6)

Local theory of plane and space curves, curvature and torsion formulas, Serret-Frenet formulas,
fundamental Theorem of space curves; Regular surfaces, change of parameters, differentiable
functions, tangent plane, differential of a map; First and second fundamental form; Orientation,
Gauss map and its properties, Euler’s theorem on principal curvatures; Isometries, Gauss’
Theorema Egregium; Parallel transport, geodesics, Gauss-Bonnet theorem and its applications
to surfaces of constant curvature.

Texts:

1. J. McCleary, Geometry from a Differentiable Viewpoint, Cambridge University Press, 1994.

2. A. Pressley, Elementary Differential Geometry, Springer, 2002.

Reference:

1. M. P. Do Carmo, Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, Prentice Hall, 1976.