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Algebra: Algebra
of complex numbers, addition, multiplication, conjugation, polar
representation, properties of modulus and principal argument, triangle
inequality, cube roots of unity, geometric interpretations.
Quadratic
equations with real coefficients, relations between roots and
coefficients, formation of quadratic equations with given roots,
symmetric functions of roots.
Arithmetic,
geometric and harmonic progressions, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic
means, sums of finite arithmetic and geometric progressions, infinite
geometric series, sums of squares and cubes of the first n
natural numbers.
Logarithms and
their properties.
Permutations and
combinations, Binomial theorem for a positive integral index, properties
of binomial coefficients.
Matrices as a
rectangular array of real numbers, equality of matrices, addition,
multiplication by a scalar and product of matrices, transpose of a
matrix, determinant of a square matrix of order up to three, inverse of a
square matrix of order up to three, properties of these matrix
operations, diagonal, symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices and their
properties, solutions of simultaneous linear equations in two or three
variables.
Addition and
multiplication rules of probability, conditional probability, Bayes
Theorem, independence of events, computation of probability of events
using permutations and combinations.
Trigonometry: Trigonometric
functions, their periodicity and graphs, addition and subtraction
formulae, formulae involving multiple and sub-multiple angles, general
solution of trigonometric equations.
Relations between
sides and angles of a triangle, sine rule, cosine rule, half-angle
formula and the area of a triangle, inverse trigonometric functions
(principal value only).
Analytical
geometry:
Two
dimensions: Cartesian coordinates, distance between two points,
section formulae, shift of origin.
Equation of a
straight line in various forms, angle between two lines, distance of a
point from a line; Lines through the point of intersection of two given
lines, equation of the bisector of the angle between two lines,
concurrency of lines; Centroid, orthocentre, incentre and circumcentre
of a triangle.
Equation of a
circle in various forms, equations of tangent, normal and chord.
Parametric equations of a circle, intersection of a circle with a
straight line or a circle, equation of a circle through the points of
intersection of two circles and those of a circle and a straight line.
Equations of a
parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in standard form, their foci,
directrices and eccentricity, parametric equations, equations of tangent
and normal.
Locus Problems.
Three
dimensions: Direction cosines and direction ratios, equation of a
straight line in space, equation of a plane, distance of a point from a
plane.
Differential
calculus: Real valued functions of a real variable, into, onto and
one-to-one functions, sum, difference, product and quotient of two
functions, composite functions, absolute value, polynomial, rational,
trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions.
Limit and
continuity of a function, limit and continuity of the sum, difference,
product and quotient of two functions, L’Hospital rule of evaluation of
limits of functions.
Even and odd
functions, inverse of a function, continuity of composite functions,
intermediate value property of continuous functions.
Derivative of a
function, derivative of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two
functions, chain rule, derivatives of polynomial, rational,
trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic
functions.
Derivatives of
implicit functions, derivatives up to order two, geometrical
interpretation of the derivative, tangents and normals, increasing and
decreasing functions, maximum and minimum values of a function, Rolle’s
Theorem and Lagrange’s Mean Value Theorem.
Integral
calculus: Integration as the inverse process of differentiation,
indefinite integrals of standard functions, definite integrals and their
properties, Fundamental Theorem of Integral Calculus.
Integration by
parts, integration by the methods of substitution and partial fractions,
application of definite integrals to the determination of areas
involving simple curves.
Formation of
ordinary differential equations, solution of homogeneous differential
equations, separation of variables method, linear first order
differential equations.
Vectors: Addition
of vectors, scalar multiplication, dot and cross products, scalar
triple products and their geometrical interpretations.
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