Syllabus iit Delhi phd interview
Syllabus iit Delhi phd interview
Calculus
Sequences and series, limsup, liminf, convergence of sequences and series of real numbers,
absolute and conditional convergence. Limit of a function, continuity, uniform continuity,
differentiability, Mean value theorems and applications, Taylor's theorem, Taylor's series,
Power series, maxima and minima. Riemann integral, fundamental theorem of integral
calculus, applications of definite integrals, improper integrals, beta and gamma functions.
Functions of several variables: limit and continuity, partial derivatives and differentiability,
gradient, directional derivatives, chain rule, Taylor's theorem, maxima & minima, and the
method of Lagrange multipliers. Double and triple integration, Jacobian and change of
variables formula. Parameterization of curves and surfaces, vector fields, divergence and curl.
Line integrals, Green's theorem, surface integral, Gauss and Stokes' theorems with applications.
Linear Algebra
Vector spaces over Q, R and C, subspaces, linear independence, linear span of a set of vectors,
basis and dimension of a vector space, sum and direct sum. Systems of linear (homogeneous
and non-homogeneous) equations, matrices and Gauss elimination, elementary row operations,
row space, column space, null space and rank of a matrix. Linear transformation, rank-nullity
theorem and its applications, matrix representation of a linear transformation, change of basis
and similarity. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, characteristic and minimal polynomials, Cayley-
Hamilton theorem (without proof) and applications.