JEE Advanced Detailed Syllubus for Mathematics

 Algebra

Algebra of complex numbers, addition, multiplication, conjugation, polar representation,

properties of modulus and principal argument, triangle inequality, cube roots of unity,

geometric interpretations.

Quadratic equations with real coefficients, relations between roots and coefficients,

formation of quadratic equations with given roots, symmetric functions of roots.

Arithmetic, geometric and harmonic progressions, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic

means, sums of finite arithmetic and geometric progressions, infinite geometric series,

sums of squares and cubes of the first n natural numbers.

Logarithms and their properties.

Permutations and combinations, binomial theorem for a positive integral index,

properties of binomial coefficients.

Matrices

Matrices as a rectangular array of real numbers, equality of matrices, addition,

multiplication by a scalar and product of matrices, transpose of a matrix, determinant of

a square matrix of order up to three, inverse of a square matrix of order up to three,

properties of these matrix operations, diagonal, symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices

and their properties, solutions of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables.

Probability

Addition and multiplication rules of probability, conditional probability, Bayes Theorem,

independence of events, computation of probability of events using permutations and

combinations.

Trigonometry

Trigonometric functions, their periodicity and graphs, addition and subtraction formulae,

formulae involving multiple and sub-multiple angles, general solution of trigonometric

equations.

Relations between sides and angles of a triangle, sine rule, cosine rule, half-angle formula

and the area of a triangle, inverse trigonometric functions (principal value only).

Analytical Geometry

Two dimensions: Cartesian coordinates, distance between two points, section formulae,

shift of origin.

Equation of a straight line in various forms, angle between two lines, distance of a point

from a line; Lines through the point of intersection of two given lines, equation of the

bisector of the angle between two lines, concurrency of lines; Centroid, orthocentre,

incentre and circumcentre of a triangle.

Equation of a circle in various forms, equations of tangent, normal and chord.

Parametric equations of a circle, intersection of a circle with a straight line or a circle,

equation of a circle through the points of intersection of two circles and those of a circle

and a straight line.

Equations of a parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in standard form, their foci, directrices and

eccentricity, parametric equations, equations of tangent and normal.

Locus problems.

Three dimensions: Direction cosines and direction ratios, equation of a straight line in

space, equation of a plane, distance of a point from a plane.

Differential Calculus

Real valued functions of a real variable, into, onto and one-to-one functions, sum,

difference, product and quotient of two functions, composite functions, absolute value,

polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions

Integral Calculus

Integration as the inverse process of differentiation, indefinite integrals of standard

functions, definite integrals and their properties, fundamental theorem of integral

calculus.

Integration by parts, integration by the methods of substitution and partial fractions,

application of definite integrals to the determination of areas involving simple curves.

Formation of ordinary differential equations, solution of homogeneous differential

equations, separation of variables method, linear first order differential equations.

Vectors

Addition of vectors, scalar multiplication, dot and cross products, scalar triple products

and their geometrical interpretations.