RCET2023!24!58 Mechanical Engineering
RCET2023!24!58 Mechanical Engineering
58-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Section 1: Engineering Mathematics
Linear Algebra: Matrix algebra, systems of linear equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
Calculus: Functions of single variable, limit, continuity and differentiability, mean value
theorems, indeterminate forms; evaluation of definite and improper integrals; double and triple
integrals; partial derivatives, total derivative, Taylor series (in one and two variables), maxima and
minima, Fourier series; gradient, divergence and curl, vector identities, directional derivatives,
line, surface and volume integrals, applications of Gauss, Stokes and Green’s theorems.
Differential equations: First order equations (linear and nonlinear); higher order linear differential
equations with constant coefficients; Euler-Cauchy equation; initial and boundary value problems;
Laplace transforms; solutions of heat, wave and Laplace's equations.
Complex variables: Analytic functions; Cauchy-Riemann equations; Cauchy’s integral theorem
and integral formula; Taylor and Laurent series.
Probability and Statistics: Definitions of probability, sampling theorems, conditional
probability; mean, median, mode and standard deviation; random variables, binomial, Poisson and
normal distributions.
Numerical Methods: Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations;
integration by trapezoidal and Simpson’s rules; single and multi-step methods for differential
equations.