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Course Detail

Course Name Foundations of Mathematics
Course Code 24OEL639
Program MSc Visual Communication (Digital Film Making & Media Production)
Credits 2
Campus Mysuru

Syllabus

Unit I

Matrices: Type of matrices, addition, subtraction, multiplication of matrices, transpose, determinant of a matrix, adjoint and inverse of a matrix.

Unit II

System of equations – Solution of equations in one(linear, quadratic), two and three variables, Solution of a system of linear equation having unique solution and involving not more than three variables by matrix method, Cramer’s rule.

Unit III

Financial mathematics: Simple interest and compound interest.

Unit IV

Simple differentiation: functions, simple differentiation of algebraic functions, first and second orderderivatives, maxima and minima.

Unit V

Elementary integral calculus: Integration of simple algebraic functions.

Objectives and Outcomes

To develop an understanding of problem solving methods, to understand the basic concepts of mathematics and to apply the results to real life business problems

Text Books / References

REFERENCES:

  1. R Vittal – Business mathematics and statistics, Margham Publications, Chennai.
  2. Amarnath Dikshit, Dr. Jinendra Kumar Jain – Business mathematics, Himalaya publishing House.
  3. K Kapoor – Introductory Business mathematics, Sultan chand & Sons, New Delhi.

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