Mathematics III
Linear Differential Equations (LDE)
LDE of nth order with constant coefficients, Complementary function, Particular integral, General
method, Short methods, Method of variation of parameters, Cauchy’s and Legendre’s DE,
Simultaneous and Symmetric simultaneous DE.
Transforms
Fourier Transform (FT): Complex exponential form of Fourier series, Fourier integral theorem, Fourier
Sine and Cosine integrals, Fourier transform, Fourier Sine and Cosine transforms and their inverses,
Discrete Fourier Transform.
Z - Transform (ZT): Introduction, Definition, Standard properties, ZT of standard sequences and their
inverses. Solution of difference equations.
Statistics
Measures of central tendency, Measures of dispersion, Coefficient of variation, Moments, Skewness
and Kurtosis, Curve fitting: fitting of straight line, parabola and related curves, Correlation and
Regression, Reliability of Regression Estimates.
Probability and Probability Distributions
Probability, Theorems on Probability, Bayes theorem, Random variables, Mathematical Expectation,
Probability density function, Probability distributions: Binomial, Poisson, Normal and
Hypergeometric, Sampling distributions, Test of Hypothesis: Chi-Square test, t-test.
Numerical Methods
Numerical Solution of Algebraic and Transcendental equations: Bisection, Secant, Regula-Falsi,
Newton–Raphson and Successive Approximation Methods, Convergence and Stability.
Numerical Solutions of System of linear equations: Gauss elimination, LU Decomposition, Cholesky,
Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel Methods.
Numerical Methods
Interpolation: Finite Differences, Newton’s and Lagrange’s Interpolation formulae, Numerical
Differentiation. Numerical Integration: Trapezoidal and Simpson’s rules, Bound of truncation error.
Solution of Ordinary differential equations: Euler’s, Modified Euler’s, Runge-Kutta 4th order methods
and Predictor-Corrector methods.