FOUNDATION COURSES

ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS I

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UNIT I   MATRICES                                                      

Characteristic equation - Eigen values and Eigen vectors of a real matrix – Statement of Cayley- Hamilton theorem – Applications of Cayley -Hamilton theorem in finding the inverse of a non-singular matrix and the power of a square  matrix – Diagonalization of symmetric matrices – Nature of  Quadratic forms.

 

UNIT II      SEQUENCES AND SERIES                        

Sequences – Convergence of series – Series of positive terms – Tests   for convergence (n-th term, ratio, comparison, root and integral tests) and divergence -  Leibnitz test for alternating series –Series of positive and negative terms  - Absolute and conditional convergence– Power series – Taylor and Maclaurin series.

 

UNIT III DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS OF SEVERAL VARABLES

                                                                                            

Limits and continuity- Partial Derivatives – Total derivative – Differentiation of implicit functions – inverse functions – Jacobian   – Maxima and minima of functions of two variables – Lagrange’s method of undetermined multipliers.  

        

UNIT IV   INTEGRAL CALCULUS OF SEVERAL VARIABLES

                                                                                           

Double integrals- Change of order of integration – Double integrals in polar coordinates – Triple integrals – Area as a double integral – Volume as a triple integral

 

UNIT V  ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS         


Higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients –Method of undetermined coefficients - Method of variation of parameters – Cauchy’s and Legendre’s linear equations – Simultaneous first order linear equations with constant coefficients- Simple Engineering Applications.