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MA1001E MATHEMATICS I

L T P O C
3 1* 0 5 3

Total Lecture Sessions: 39

Course Outcomes:

  • CO1: Formulate some engineering problems as ODEs and hence solve such problems.
  • CO2: Solve linear ODEs with constant coefficients.
  • CO3: Find the limits, check for continuity and differentiability of real valued functions of two variables.
  • CO4: Test for the convergence of sequences and series.
  • CO5: Find the Fourier series representing periodic functions.

Course Content:

Ordinary Differential Equations
  • Existence and uniqueness of solution of first order ODE
  • Methods of solutions of first order ODE
  • Linear ODE
  • Orthogonal Trajectories
  • Linear homogeneous second order ODEs with constant coefficients
  • Fundamental system of solutions
  • Existence and uniqueness of solutions
  • Wronskian
  • Method of undetermined coefficients
  • Solution by variation of parameters
  • Euler-Cauchy equations
  • Applications of first and second order ODEs
  • System of linear ODEs with constant coefficients
Functions of Several Variables
  • Limit, Continuity
  • Partial derivatives, Partial differentiation of composite functions
  • Directional derivatives, Gradient
  • Local maxima and local minima of functions of two variables
  • Critical point, Saddle point
  • Taylor’s formula for two variables, Hessian, Second derivative test
  • Method of Lagrange multipliers
  • Parameterised curves in space, Arc length, Tangent and normal vectors, Curvature and torsion
Sequences, Series, and Fourier Analysis
  • Sequences, Cauchy sequence, Convergence of sequences
  • Series, Convergence of series, Tests for convergence, Absolute convergence
  • Sequence of functions, Power series, Radius of convergence, Taylor series
  • Periodic functions and Fourier series expansions, Half-range expansions
  • Fourier integral, Fourier transforms and their properties

References:

  • 1. Anton, H., Bivens, I., & Davis, S. (2015). *Calculus*, 10th Ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons. [1]
  • 2. Thomas, G. B., Weir, M. D., & Hass, J. (2015). *Thomas' Calculus*, 12th Ed. New Delhi, India: Pearson Education. [2]
  • 3. Kreyszig, E. (2015). *Advanced Engineering Mathematics*, 10th Ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons. [3]
  • 4. Apostol, T. M. (2014). *Calculus, Vol. 1: One-Variable Calculus with an Introduction to Linear Algebra*, 1st Ed. New Delhi: Wiley. [4]