SEMESTER - I
BCA - 1504 Basics of Mathematics Credits - 3
Course Objective:
The objective of this course is to enable students to understand concepts of Set Theory, Coordinate
Geometry, Matrix Algebra and Calculus and solve simple application problems related to Computer
Science based on these.
Course Outcome:
At the end of the course, a student will be able to:
COBC1504.01:To develop logical thinking and its application to computer science
COBC1504.02:To familiarize students with set theory, linear Algebra, functions matrices and
determinants
COBC1504.03: To develop Concepts and notations from discrete mathematics are useful in
studying and describing objects and problems in branches of computer science, such as computer
algorithms, programming languages, etc.
COBC1504.04: To understand matrices to solve and manipulate large data sets
COBC1504.05: To understand the basic concepts of graphics using coordinate geometry.
COBC1504.06: To get the knowledge about limits, differential and integral calculus.
Unit Unit Details Hours
Set Theory and Functions:
Basic definitions of Set Theory - Methods of representation of Set (Property
method, Listing method) - Set operations (Union, Intersection, Complement of
a set, Difference of sets, Symmetric difference, Cartesian product of sets) -
Properties of set operations (Commutative, Associative, Distributive, De-
I Morgan’s laws) - Power set and Cardinality of sets. 10
Functions: Introduction of Functions - Definition of function - Domain, Co –
domain - Range of a function - Graph of a functions - Types of Functions
(Linear, Quadratic, Polynomial, Implicit and -Explicit functions and examples
related with it) - Exponential and Logarithmic with their properties and related
examples, Introduction to Trigonometric functions.
Matrix
Definition of Matrix - Types of Matrix (Square, Row, Column, Zero, Diagonal,
Scalar, Identity, Transpose, Symmetric, Skew – symmetric) - Arithmetic
II operations of Matrices (Addition, Scalar Multiplication, Matrix Multiplication) - 10
Introduction to Determinants - Invertible matrix - Computation of Inverse using
Definition - Simultaneous Solution of set of Linear equations using Cramer’s -
Rule - Matrix inversion method - Rank of Matrix
Co–ordinate Geometry :
Introduction to Co-ordinates - Quadrants and Lines - Distance formula in R2
(without proof) -Section Formula (without proof) - Area of a triangle (without
III proof) and related examples - General Equation of a Straight line - Slope and 10
intercepts of a line - Parallel Lines - Perpendicular Lines - Angle between two
lines (without proof) and related examples - Simple examples should be asked
for the above concepts.
IV Limit, Differentiation and Integration : 10
Limit: Expansion of concept of Limit - Some Standard Limits (without proof) -
Continuity of a function - Discontinuity and Examples – Differentiation:
Definition of Derivative - Rules for Differentiation (without proof) -
Differentiation of function of a function - Chain Rule - 2nd order derivatives -
Integration: Introduction to indefinite integral - Definition of Integration &
Methods of Integration - Substitution Methods - Some Standard Formulae
(without proof) and example based on the standard forms - Introduction to
definite integration and simple examples on it
Text Book:
1) Business Mathematics (Latest Edition) - V.K.Kapoor - Publisher: S. Chand and Sons
Publications
Reference Book:
1) Engineering Mathematics (Third Edition) - Anthony Croft, Robert Davison, Martin Hargreaves
- Publisher: Pearson Education
