Proceedings of the 26th Academic Council held on 18.5.

2012

 
MAT508  Mathematical Foundations for Sciences LTPC 
3104
Version No. 1.0
Course Prerequisites +2 Mathematics
Objectives
This fundamental course on Mathematics provides requisite and relevant
background necessary to understand and analyze the concepts of courses of their
field.

Expected Outcome
By the end of the course the students are able to apply the concepts of Statistics,
Matrices, Integral Transforms and Numerical Methods in their courses.

Unit1 Descriptive Statistics 6 hours 

Treatment of Data : Descriptive measures‐Measures of central tendency‐Measures
of Dispersion ‐ Moments ‐ Coefficient of Skewness, Kurtosis Probability 
distributions  –  Axioms of probability ‐ Random variables ‐ Bernoulli’s, Binomial,
Poisson distributions ‐ Normal distribution.

Unit2 Theory of Matrices 9 hours 

Rank  of  Matrix:  Definition ‐ Echelonform ‐ Solutions to linear
systems‐homogeneous–Non‐homogeneousequations‐RankmethodEigenvaluesandEi
genvectors‐properties‐Reductiontodiagonalform–Quadraticforms‐orthogonaltransfo
rmation‐canonicalforms.

Unit3 Laplace & Fourier Transforms 12hours 

Laplace  Transform:  Definition‐Transform of simple functions‐Properties‐Inverse
Laplace Transform ‐ Shifting theorems ‐ Convolution – Convolution theorem ‐
Applications to ODE with constant coefficients. Fourier Transform: Fourier Integral
‐ Fourier Transform Pairs ‐ Properties ‐Transforms of step‐Impulse functions.

Unit4 Numerical Methods 9hours

Solutions to linear systems :Direct methods ‐ Gaussiane limination ‐ Gauss Jordan ‐
Indirect methods ‐ Gauss Jacobi ‐ Gauss ‐Seidal methods

Unit5 Numerical differentiation & Integration 10hours

First order Equations: 
Euler’smethod‐RungeKuttamethods‐Predictor‐correctormethodsSecondorderEqua
tions:Coupledfirstorderequations‐BoundaryValueproblems. Numerical Integration 
: Trapezoidal and Simpson’s Rules

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Textbooks
1. GlynJames, Advanced Modern Engineering Mathematics, 3rd/Edition, Pearson
Education Low price Edition (2004)
2. B.S. Grewal, Higher Engineering Mathematics, 40th/Edition Khanna Publishers
(2007)

Reference Books
1. Bernard Kolman & David R, Hill Introductory Linear Algebra with Applications,
7th Edition, Pearson education Low price Edition (2001).
2. S.G. Gupta and V.K.Kapoor, Fundamentals of Mathematical Statistics, 11th edition
S. Chandand Sons (2002)
3. Richard A. Johnson and C. B. Gupta, Miller & Freund’s, Probability and Statistics
For engineers ‐ Low price Edition‐Pearson education (2006)

Mode of Evaluation: Continuous Assessment Test, Assignments,

Tutorial sheets, Class Test, Quiz.
Recommended by the board of
studies
Date of approval by the academic
council
 

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