Details of MA1101 (Autumn 2023)

Level: 1 Type: Theory Credits: 4.0

Course CodeCourse NameInstructor(s)
MA1101 Mathematics I Saugata Bandyopadhyay

Syllabus
Part I: Set Theory I

Standard Operations: unions & intersections, various laws, complementation, cartesian product, symmetric difference.

Relations: various relations, equivalence classes, partition.

Mappings: injective, surjective, bijective, inverse of a function, examples, characteristic functions, step functions.



Part II: Number Systems


Construction of natural numbers: may mention Peanos Axioms.

Construction of integers: via equivalence relation on \mathbbN×\mathbbN.

Construction of rational numbers: via equivalence relation on \mathbbZ× \mathbbZ.


Part III: Propositional Calculus


Logical quantifiers: examples from set theory.

Negation: contrapositive statements involving various quantifiers.



Part IV: Methods of Mathematical Proof


Mathematical induction: examples including AM GM, partial sum of a geometric or arithmetic progression, tower of Hanoi, derangement.

Pigeonhole principle: examples including Dirichlets Approximation Theorem, arrangement of points on a square or sphere.

Proof by contradiction: examples including infinitude of primes, 2 is irrational, if 0 a <e for every e>0 then a=0.



Part V: Theory of Equations


Polynomials: degree of a polynomial, examples.

Properties of roots: definition, repeated roots, Fundamental Theorem of Algebra (statement only), relation between roots and coefficients, number and location of real roots (Descartess rule of sign, Sturms Theorem (statement only)), conjugate root Theorems, roots of cyclotomic polynomials and geometric description.

Methods of solving equations: Cardanos method, Ferraris method.



Part VI: Calculus


Basic notions: limit, continuity, differentiability, chain rule, Leibniz rule.

Mean Value Theorems: Rolles Theorem (statement only), Mean Value Theorem, Taylors Theorem of order 2, LHospitals rule.

Applications of derivatives: monotone function, maxima and minima, convex function.



Part VII: Geometry of Curves


Graphing curves: curve tracing, asymptotes.

Tangent \& normal: derivative and its geometric/physical meaning.

Geometric notions: radius of curvature, points of inflexion.



Part VIII: Basic Inequalities


Examples including, triangle inequality, p-power inequality, Youngs inequality, Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, H\"olders, Jensens, Minkowskis inequalities, AM-GM-HM.


References
Suggested Texts:


Apostol, T.M., Calculus I, Wiley India Pvt Ltd.
Apostol, T.M., Calculus II, Wiley India Pvt Ltd.
Artin, M., Algebra, Prentice-Hall of India, 2007.
Barnard, S. and Child, J.M., Higher Algebra, Macmillan, 1936.
Bartle, R.G., Sherbert, D.R., Introduction to Real Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, 1992
Denlinger, C.G., Elements of Real Analysis, Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2010.
Halmos, P.R., Naive Set Theory, Springer
Kreyszig, E., Advanced Engineering Mathematics (8th Edition), Wiley India Pvt Ltd, 2010
Piskunov, N., Differential and Integral Calculus: Volume 1, CBS, 1996
Polya, G., How to Solve It, Princeton University Press, 2004.

Course Credit Options

Sl. No.ProgrammeSemester NoCourse Choice
1 IP 1 Not Allowed
2 IP 3 Not Allowed
3 IP 5 Not Allowed
4 MP 1 Not Allowed
5 MP 3 Not Allowed
6 MR 1 Not Allowed
7 MR 3 Not Allowed
8 MS 1 Core
9 RS 1 Not Allowed
10 RS 2 Not Allowed