IITJEE 2008 Mathematics syllabus

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 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.

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.

Limit and continuity of a function, limit and continuity of the sum,
difference,
product and quotient of two functions, L'Hospital rule of evaluation of limits
of functions.

Even and odd functions, inverse of a function, continuity of composite
functions,
intermediate value property of continuous functions.
Derivative of a function, derivative of the sum, difference, product
and quotient
of two functions, chain rule, derivatives of polynomial, rational,
trigonometric,
inverse trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions.

Derivatives of implicit functions, derivatives up to order two, geometrical
interpretation of the derivative, tangents and normals, increasing and
decreasing
functions, maximum and minimum values of a function, Rolle's Theorem
and Lagrange's Mean Value Theorem.

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.