How to Study Engineering Mathematics for GATE?

Hello Readers,
From now on, i will be sharing the subject-wise preparation tips, so the first subject
that we'll be taking up in this post is Engineering Mathematics.
Engineering Mathematics is very much relevant to the GATE exam as the weightage given to this subject is consistent over the years whereas other subjects may
not be that consistent. Every year you can find the weight-age of this subject to be
8 to 10 Marks.
Engineering Mathematics is a subject that has a very wide course as this course
during the college days is covered in 4 to 5 semesters and to prepare it completely
at one time is overwhelming. So the key to prepare for such subjects is to keep
short notes handy with you or maybe you can have a sort of Formula Sheet so that
you can look up to a concept whenever you need it.

Linear Algebra

While preparing for Linear Algebra, focus must be on Eigenvalue

Problems and also the Matrix algebra as almost every-time there will
be a question from either of these two topics. One must also remember
the properties of eigenvalues like the relation between eigenvalues of
two matrices which are inverse of each other and other similar
properties.No need to get involved in the basis vectors and span of

basis vectors to form an n-dimensional space as those concepts are

absolutely unnecessary for GATE.

Calculus

Differential Equations

It is smallest topic among all topics from Engineering Mathematics and

the only important concepts are Cauchy-Riemann Equations for
Analytic Functions and Residue Method of Integration and rest of the
topics are not necessary for GATE.

Probability and Statistics

There are not many concepts in the differential equations as you can
always check the solution by satisfying each option in the differential
equation given in the problem statement but at the same time do
remembersome special differential equations like Bernoulli's Equation
and Euler Differential Equation.

Complex Functions

For single variable calculus there are not many problems except the
maxima and minima problems and the most important topic is vector
calculus involving Gradient, Divergence and Curl and Vector Integral
Theorems (Green's, Gauss's and Stokes Theorem) as there are lot
many properties of each concept and you must remember all those to
solve the problems faster like divergence of curl is always zero, believe
me that these properties do come-in handy in the exam.

The general problems involving Probability can be prepped up by

practice and there is no need to study much about them but you can
always remember Baye's Theorem, more focus should be on Random
Variables like Poisson's Distribution and other distributions. Statistics is
also very important and you must remember mean,median and mode
concepts as well as coefficient of co-relation, so do make short notes
for each of these concepts

Numerical Methods

Two things are important in this section one is the equation solving by
methods like Newton-Raphson and Bisection Method and other is the
Numerical Integration technique by methods like Trapezoidal Rule and
Simpson's rule so do mug up the formulas for each of these methods
and make good use of Calculator like you can form equations in form of
answer of previous step so that recursion becomes faster and more
accurate.

So basically the key to tackle such a large subject is to narrow down the course
content to the most relevant topics and cut-out the unnecessary topics otherwise
your workload will increase but not your performance.

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