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Engineering Mathematics-I (BAS103) AKTU syllabus – unit-wise topics

The complete Engineering Mathematics-I syllabus for AKTU, unit by unit. Next to each topic you can see how often it has appeared in past papers, so you know where the marks are.

Unit 1: Matrices

  • Elementary Transformations – asked 3 times
  • Inverse of a Matrix – asked 1 times
  • Rank of a Matrix – asked 7 times
  • Solution of Systems of Linear Equations – asked 7 times
  • Characteristic Equation
  • Cayley-Hamilton Theorem and Its Applications – asked 4 times
  • Linear Dependence and Independence of Vectors – asked 2 times
  • Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors – asked 11 times
  • Complex Matrices: Hermitian, Skew-Hermitian and Unitary – asked 2 times
  • Applications of Matrices to Engineering Problems

Unit 2: Differential Calculus-I

  • Successive Differentiation (nth-Order Derivatives) – asked 12 times
  • Leibnitz Theorem
  • Curve Tracing – asked 6 times
  • Partial Derivatives – asked 2 times
  • Euler's Theorem for Homogeneous Functions – asked 10 times
  • Total Derivative – asked 2 times
  • Change of Variables – asked 2 times
  • Rolle's, Lagrange's and Cauchy's Mean Value Theorems – asked 7 times
  • Envelopes of Families of Curves – asked 2 times
  • Continuity and Differentiability – asked 1 times

Unit 3: Differential Calculus-II

  • Taylor's and Maclaurin's Expansions for Functions of One and Two Variables – asked 5 times
  • Maxima and Minima of Functions of Several Variables – asked 3 times
  • Lagrange's Method of Multipliers – asked 8 times
  • Jacobians – asked 12 times
  • Approximation of Errors – asked 4 times

Unit 4: Multiple Integration

  • Double Integrals – asked 10 times
  • Triple Integrals – asked 7 times
  • Change of Order of Integration – asked 7 times
  • Change of Variables – asked 5 times
  • Beta and Gamma Functions and Their Properties – asked 4 times
  • Dirichlet's Integral and Its Applications to Area and Volume – asked 3 times
  • Liouville's Extensions of Dirichlet's Integral – asked 1 times

Unit 5: Vector Calculus

  • Gradient, Curl, Divergence and Their Physical Interpretations – asked 15 times
  • Directional Derivatives – asked 6 times
  • Line Integrals
  • Surface Integrals
  • Volume Integrals
  • Gauss' Divergence Theorem (Without Proof) and Applications – asked 6 times
  • Green's Theorem (Without Proof) and Applications – asked 3 times
  • Stokes' Theorem (Without Proof) and Applications – asked 5 times
  • Laplacian and Radial Scalar Fields – asked 2 times