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STEMS 2025
Mathematics Syllabus
Section A
Combinatorics
o Basic Counting (Rule of Sum, Rule of Product, Combinations, Permutations, Principle of Inclusion-
Exclusion)
o Pigeonhole Principle
o Induction and Proof by Contradiction
o Elementary Recurrence Relations and Characteristic Equations
o Generating Functions and Binomial Theorem
o Elementary Properties of Graphs
Algebra
o Linear Equations, Quadratic Equations
o Polynomials over Z, Q, R or C.
o Classical Inequalities (AM-GM, Cauchy-Schwartz, Rearrangement, Schur's Inequality)
o Exponents, Logarithms and Trigonometric Functions
o Complex Numbers (De-Moivre, Polar Coordinates, Conjugates, and basic properties)
o Sequence and Series (Arithmetic Progressions, Geometric Progression, Harmonic Progression etc.)
Geometry
o Euclidean Geometry (Triangle Geometry, Cyclic Quadrilaterals, Radical
o Axis, Geometric Transformations)
o Coordinate Geometry (Distance Formula, Equations of Straight Lines, Equation of Circles)
o Trigonometry (Basic properties of trigonometric functions, identities)
Number Theory
o Divisibility
o Modular Congruences (Euler's Theorem, Fermat's Little Theorem,
Wilson's Theorem, Chinese Remainder Theorem may be helpful.)
o Arithmetic Functions (Totient, Divisor, Sum of Divisors, Mobius Function)
o Diophantine Equations
Set Theory
o Basics of Set Theory (Set union, intersection, symmetric difference)
o Relations
o Functions
Probability
o Basics of Probability (Conditional Probability, Bayes' Theorem, Binomial Trials, Expected Value)
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Section B
In addition to the syllabus of section A, the following topics –
Calculus
o Limits and Derivatives
o Continuity and Differentiability
o Applications of Derivatives
o Integrals, Applications of Integrals
o Differential Equations
Algebra
o Inverse Trigonometric Functions
o Vector Algebra
Geometry
o Coordinate Geometry (Equations of Conic Sections)
o Three Dimensional Geometry
Probability
o Basics of Linearity of Expectation
Section C
Advanced knowledge of all concepts mentioned in the high school syllabus.
Linear Algebra
o Matrices
o Linear Transformations
o Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
o Diagonalization
o Jordan Normal Form
Calculus and Real Analysis
Abstract Algebra
o Group Theory (Basics, Cauchy and Sylow Theorems, Cayley's Theorems, Permutations, Isomorphism
Theorems)
Probability Theory
o Probability Density Function
o Probability Distribution Function (Bernoulli Distribution, Binomial Distribution, Poisson Distribution,
Normal Distribution, Uniform Distribution, etc.)
o Mean and Variance
o Joint Probability Distribution
