Semester I
Introductory Mathematics
AST 111 · 1 (1+0) credit hours
Syllabus
Topic-wise syllabus
Non-gradial. Students take either Introductory Mathematics or Introductory Biology.
Theory
7 topics · 17 lectures
| No. | Topic | Lectures |
|---|---|---|
| Unit I | ||
| 1 | Algebra: Progressions- Arithmetic, Geometric and Harmonic Progressions | 1 |
| 2 | Matrices: Definition of Matrices, Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Transpose and Inverse up to 3rd order by adjoint method, Properties of determinants up to 3rd order and their evaluation | 3 |
| 3 | Mathematical Models: Agricultural systems - Mathematical models - classification of mathematical models; Fitting of Linear, quadratic and exponential models to experimental data | 3 |
| Unit II | ||
| 4 | Differential Calculus: Definition - Differentiation of function using first principle, Derivatives of sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions | 2 |
| 5 | Methods, Increasing and Decreasing Functions. Application of Differentiation- Growth rate, Average Cost, Marginal Cost, Marginal Revenue. Partial differentiation | 2 |
| 6 | Homogeneous function, Euler's theorem, Maxima and Minima of the functions of the form y = f (x) and y = f (x1, x2) | 2 |
| Unit III | ||
| 7 | Integral Calculus: Integration - Definite and Indefinite Integrals - Methods - Integration by substitution, Integration by parts. Area under simple well-known curves | 4 |
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