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 S.N Topic Domain Hours as per UGC 1 VECTOR SPACES, TENSORS AND MATRICES ·      Vector spaces: Introduction, definition of linear vector space ·      linear independence, basis and dimension, scalar product, orthonormal basis, ·      Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization process, Linear operators, ·      Covariant and Contravariant tensors, ·      symmetric and skew-symmetric tensor, ·      product of tensors, ·      Metric tensors, Matrices, ·      Orthogonal, Unitary and Hermition Matrices, ·      Eigen values & Eigen vectors, ·      Matrix diagonalization. Must Know 10 2 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS AND SPECIAL FUNCTIONS ·      First order equation, second order equation with variable coefficients. ·      ordinary point, singular point, series solution around an ordinary point and regular singular point, ·      solution of Legendre equation, ·      solution of Bassel’s equation, ·      solution of Hermite & Lageurre equations. ·      Definitions  and properties of special functions: ·      Bessel functions, ·      Legendre polynomials, ·      Hermite polynomials and ·      Lageur repolynomials along with Recurrence relations. Must know 10 3 COMPLEX VARIABLES ·      Function of complex variable, ·      limit, continuity and differentiability of function of complex variables, ·      Analytic function, Cauchy-Riemann conditions, ·      Cauchy s integral theorem, ·      Cauchy s Integral formula, ·      Taylor s and Laurent s series, ·      singular points, residues, evaluation of residues, ·      Cauchy’s residue theorem, ·      Jordan s lemma, ·      evaluation of real definite integrals Must know   Nice to know 10 4 INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS ·      Fourier series, Dirichlet’s conditions, ·      Fourier series of arbitrary period, ·      Half-wave expansions, development of the Fourier integral, ·      Fourier integral theorem, ·      Fourier transforms, Properties of Fourier transform, Convolution theorem, ·      Fourier transform of Dirac Delta function, ·      Laplace transform, first and second shifting theorem, ·      Laplace transforms of derivatives and integral of a function, convolution theorem, ·      Inverse Laplace transform by partial fraction and by using convolution theorem, ·      application of Laplace transform in solving differential equations. Must know   Nice to know 10

Reference Books:

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