M.Sc.

Syllabi
Algebra
Group Theory: Basic notions and examples, subgroups,normal subgroups, quotients, products,
semi-direct product, group acting on sets, Lagrange theorem, Cauchy's theorem, Sylow theorems,
p-groups; xamples to include symmetric and alternating groups, , !
References: "#erstein, Ch! $%, "&ummit ' (oote, Ch! )-*%!
Ring Theory: lementary notions o+ rings and modules; basic examples and constructions! ,otions o+
ideals, prime ideals, maximal ideals, quotients, integral domains, ring o+ +ractions, -.&, /(&!
References: "#erstein, Ch! 0%, "&ummit ' (oote, Ch! 1-2%!
Linear Algebra: 3ector Spaces: Basis, independence o+ the number o+ elements in a basis, direct
sums, duals, double dual!
4atrices and Linear trans+ormation: Linear map as a matrix, ran5 o+ a linear map, nullity, igen6alues,
eigen6ectors, minimal and characteristic polynomials, Cayley-#amilton theorem, 7riangulation and
diagnolisation, 8ordan canonical +orm!
4odules o6er -rinciple .deal &omains!
lementary notions o+ quadratic and hermitian +orms!
References: "#erstein, Ch! ) ' 9%, "&ummit ' (oote, Ch! :;-:$%
Field Theory: lementary notions o+ algebraic and transcendental extensions, splitting <elds,
structure theory o+ <nite <elds!
References: "Bhattacharya etc!, Ch! :*-:9%, "=rtin, Ch! :0%
Basic Texts
.!,! #erstein: 7opics in =lgebra!
&!S! &ummit and >!4! (oote: =bstract =lgebra!
4! =rtin: =lgebra!
-!B! Bhattacharya, S!?! 8ain, S! >! ,agpaul: Basic =bstract =lgebra!
S! Lang: =lgebra!
>eal =nalysis
Countable and uncountable sets; basic notions o+ metric space and its topology including
compactness and connectness!
Sequences in a metric space, series o+ complex numbers, completeness, limsup and limin+! Basic
con6ergence tests: comparison, root and ratio; absolute and conditional con6ergence! >iemann's
theorem about re-arrangement o+ conditionally con6ergent series; product o+ series!
Continuity, uni+orm continuity, compactness and connectness under continous map, application to
existence o+ maxima, minima, intermediate 6alue; discontinuties o+ a monotone +unction!
&i@erentiation o+ a +unction on , chain rule, 4ean 6alue 7heorem, L'#ospital's rule, 7aylor's
theorem!
>iemann-StieltAes integral, upper and lower sums as area under a cur6e! .nterability o+ continuous
+unctions, (undamental theorem o+ Calculus, integration by parts, recti<able cur6e!
Sequence and series o+ +unctions, examples and counter-examples! /ni+orm con6ergence, limit o+
continuous and di@erentiable +unctions under uni+orm con6ergence, integration under uni+orm
con6ergence! Stone-Beierstrass theorem!
-ower series: Basic theorems about con6ergence and continuity o+ a power series, radius o+
con6ergence, beha6iour at the end points! xponential and trignometric +unctions! (ourier series,
basic con6ergence theorem, -arse6al's theorem!
(unctions o+ Se6eral 6ariables: &eri6ati6e o+ a +unction +rom to as a linear map; partial
deri6ati6e, relation between the two! Chain rule, in6erse and implicit +unction theorems!
Lebesgue .ntegration: Construction o+ Lebesgue measure on , integration; Lebesgue monotone and
dominated con6ergence theorems; comparison o+ Lebesgue and >iemann integration, -space!
Basic Texts:
B! >udin: -rinciples o+ 4athematical =nalysis!
7! =postol: 4athematical =nalysis!
#!L! >oyden: >eal =nalysis!
7opology and (unctional =nalysis
Basic Set Topology:
,otion o+ a topological space, continuity, compactness, connectness! #eine-Borel 7heorem, 7ychono@
theorem, sequential compactness, Lebesgue co6ering lemma, qui-continuity, =scoli-=rCela
theorem! and spaces, normal space, /rysohn's lemma, 7ietCe xtension theorem!
Fundamental Groups: #omotopy o+ paths, (undamental group, Con6ering spaces, (undamental
groups o+ circle and torus, homotopy li+ting, +undamental group o+ !
Functional Analysis: ,ormed linear spaces and continuous linear maps between them! Banach
spaces and basic theorems about them: #ahn-Banach, Dpen mapping and /ni+orm boundedness
theorem! Bea5E topology on the dual, and the compactness o+ the sphere under the wea5E topology!
Functional Analysis: Basic notions about #ilbert spaces! Complete Drthonormal bases, &ual space
o+ a #ilbert space, ,otion o+ the adAoint o+ an operator, /nitary and ,ormal Dperator, Compact
operator; Spectral theory o+ compact sel+-adAoint operator!
Funtional Analysis: Basic notions o+ Banach =lgebras, spectrum! Structure o+ commutati6e Banach
algebras!
Basic Texts:
8!>! 4un5res: 7opology!
F!(! Simmons: .ntroduction to topology and modern analysis!
B!3! Limaye: (unctional =nalysis!
Complex =nalysis
&i@erentiation, Cauchy->iemann equations, power series and its deri6ati6e, #armonic +unctions!
Cauchy's theorem +or a con6ex domain, Cauchy's integral +ormula, Cauchy estimate, power series
expansion, 4orera's theorem, Liou6ille theorem, (undamental theorem o+ =lgebra!
Laurent expansion, Singularities, 4eromorphic +unctions!
>esidue calculus, application to some explicit integrals!
4aximum modulus principle, -hragman-Lindelo+ theorem!
#armonic +unctions, -oisson integral +ormula, #arnac5's theorem, mean 6alue property, the SchwartC
reGection principle!
Basic Texts:
L! =hl+ors: Complex =nalysis!
8!B! Conway: (unctions o+ one complex 6ariable!