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Remedial Mathematics

Semester 1

Unit 1

Partial fraction Introduction

Polynomial, Rational fractions, Proper and Improper fractions, Partial fraction, Resolving into Partial fraction, Application of Partial Fraction in Chemical Kinetics and Pharmacokinetics  Logarithms Introduction, Definition, Theorems/Properties of logarithms, Common logarithms, Characteristic and Mantissa, worked examples, application of logarithm to solve pharmaceutical problems.  Function: Real Valued function, Classification of real valued functions,  Limits and continuity: Introduction, Limit of a function, Definition of limit of a function.

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Unit 2

Matrices and Determinant

Introduction matrices, Types of matrices, Operation on matrices, Transpose of a matrix, Matrix Multiplication, Determinants, Properties of determinants , Product of determinants, Minors and co-Factors, Adjointor adjugate of a square matrix , Singular  and non-singular matrices, Inverse of a matrix, Solution of system of linear of equations using matrix method, Cramer’s rule, Characteristic equation and roots of a square matrix, Cayley–Hamilton theorem ,Application of Matrices in solving Pharmacokinetic equations

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Unit 3

Calculus Differentiation 

Introductions, Derivative of a function, Derivative of a constant, Derivative of a product of a constant and a function , Derivative of the sum or difference of two functions, Derivative of the product of two functions (product formula), Derivative of the quotient of two functions(Quotient formula) – Without Proof, Derivative of xn w .r. tx, where n is any rational number, Derivative of ex,, Derivative of loge x , Derivative of ax, Derivative of trigonometric functions from first principles (without Proof), Successive Differentiation, Conditions for a function to be a maximum or a minimum at a point. Application

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Unit 4

Analytical Geometry Introduction

Signs of the Coordinates, Distance formula, Straight Line : Slope or gradient of a straight line, Conditions for parallelism and perpendicularity of two lines, Slope of a line joining two points, Slope – intercept form of a straight lineIntegration: Introduction, Definition, Standard formulae, Rules of integration, Method of substitution, Method of Partial fractions, Integration by parts, define it integrals, application

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Unit 5

Differential Equations 

Some basic definitions, Order and degree, Equations in  separable form , Homogeneous equations, Linear Differential equations, Exact equations, Application in solving Pharmacokinetic  equations  Laplace Transform : Introduction, Definition, Properties of Laplace transform, Laplace Transforms of elementary functions, Inverse Laplace transforms, Laplace transform of derivatives, Application to solve Linear differential equations, Application in solving Chemical kinetics and Pharmacokinetics equations.

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