Core papers for the two-year M.Sc. Mathematics programme under Tamil Nadu state university CBCS regulations.

Advanced Algebra (M.Sc. Mathematics)

Group theory, ring theory, modules, field extensions and Galois theory.

📋 Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. Apply the Sylow theorems to classify groups of small order and analyse solvable and nilpotent groups [Apply]
  2. Analyze ideals in rings and characterise unique factorisation, principal ideal and Euclidean domains [Analyze]
  3. Examine the structure of finitely generated modules over a principal ideal domain [Analyze]
  4. Distinguish algebraic and transcendental field extensions and compute degrees of composite extensions [Evaluate]
  5. Apply the fundamental theorem of Galois theory to determine intermediate fields of a finite Galois extension [Apply]
  6. Construct proofs of insolvability of the general quintic by radicals using Galois-theoretic arguments [Create]

📚 Chapters

  1. Unit I — Sylow theorems, solvable and nilpotent groups
  2. Unit II — Rings, ideals, polynomial rings and unique factorisation domains
  3. Unit III — Modules, submodules and modules over PIDs
  4. Unit IV — Field extensions, algebraic and transcendental extensions
  5. Unit V — Galois theory and solvability by radicals

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Measure Theory (M.Sc. Mathematics)

Lebesgue measure, measurable functions, Lebesgue integration and L^p spaces.

📋 Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. Construct Lebesgue outer measure on R and identify the sigma-algebra of Lebesgue measurable sets [Create]
  2. Analyze measurable functions and approximate them by simple functions [Analyze]
  3. Apply the monotone convergence, Fatou's lemma and dominated convergence theorems to evaluate Lebesgue integrals [Apply]
  4. Compare Riemann and Lebesgue integrals and identify functions integrable in one sense but not the other [Analyze]
  5. Examine functions of bounded variation and absolute continuity in connection with differentiation of integrals [Analyze]
  6. Establish completeness of L^p spaces using Holder's and Minkowski's inequalities [Evaluate]

📚 Chapters

  1. Unit I — Lebesgue outer measure and measurable sets
  2. Unit II — Measurable functions and Lebesgue measure on R
  3. Unit III — Lebesgue integral and convergence theorems
  4. Unit IV — Differentiation, functions of bounded variation and absolute continuity
  5. Unit V — L^p spaces, Holder and Minkowski inequalities, completeness

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Functional Analysis (M.Sc. Mathematics)

Banach and Hilbert spaces, bounded linear operators and the fundamental theorems of functional analysis.

📋 Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. Identify normed linear spaces and verify completeness to characterise Banach spaces [Understand]
  2. Analyze bounded linear operators between normed spaces and compute their operator norms [Analyze]
  3. Apply the Hahn-Banach, open mapping, closed graph and uniform boundedness theorems to prove structural results [Apply]
  4. Evaluate orthonormal expansions in Hilbert spaces using Bessel's inequality and Parseval's identity [Evaluate]
  5. Apply the Riesz representation theorem to identify the dual of a Hilbert space [Apply]
  6. Distinguish between self-adjoint, normal and unitary operators through their spectral and structural properties [Analyze]

📚 Chapters

  1. Unit I — Normed linear spaces and Banach spaces
  2. Unit II — Bounded linear operators and dual spaces
  3. Unit III — Hahn-Banach, open mapping and closed graph theorems
  4. Unit IV — Hilbert spaces, orthonormal sets and Riesz representation
  5. Unit V — Adjoint, self-adjoint, normal and unitary operators

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Topology (M.Sc. Mathematics)

Topological spaces, continuity, connectedness, compactness and separation axioms.

📋 Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. Define topological spaces using open sets, basis and subbasis and identify the subspace topology [Remember]
  2. Analyze continuity of functions between topological spaces and construct product and quotient topologies [Analyze]
  3. Prove that connectedness and path-connectedness are topological invariants and apply them to characterise spaces [Create]
  4. Apply the Heine-Borel theorem and the Tychonoff theorem to determine compactness of standard spaces [Apply]
  5. Evaluate separation properties (T0 to T4) of topological spaces and use Urysohn's lemma to construct continuous functions [Evaluate]
  6. Construct counterexamples that distinguish between countability and separation axioms [Create]

📚 Chapters

  1. Unit I — Topological spaces, basis and subspace topology
  2. Unit II — Continuous functions, product and quotient topology
  3. Unit III — Connectedness and path connectedness
  4. Unit IV — Compactness, local compactness and Tychonoff theorem
  5. Unit V — Countability and separation axioms, Urysohn's lemma

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