Best Books for CMI Entrance Exam 2020
Get here recommended books for CMI entrance exam 2020 for BSc Mathematics and, MSc Data Sciences, Computer Sciences and Mathematics.
The Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) will be conducting its entrance exam for admissions to BSc and MSc courses. Candidates appearing for the CMI entrance exam 2020 tentatively scheduled to be held on August 1 must prepare sufficiently to score well. For this, they should aim for each subject specifically and get the best preparation material for CMI entrance exam. Here we have listed the books for CMI entrance exam 2020 as recommended by the institute itself.
Best Books for CMI Entrance Exam BSc (Honours)
CMI has not shared any details about syllabus of CMI BSc Mathematics and Computer Science entrance exam 2020. Candidates, however, need to prepare the following syllabus from Class 11th and 12th for this paper:
- Quadratic Equation
- Sequences and Series
- Trigonometric Equation
- Differentiability
- Integration
- Differential Equation
- Area Under the Curve
- Straight Line
- Vector
- Permutation and combination
- Probability
- Complex Number
- Binominal Theorem
- Determinant
- Statistics
- Maxima and Minima
- Hyperbola and Parabola
- Mathematical Reasoning
- Height & Distance
- Sets
As recommended by CMI, the following books would be best for CMI entrance exam for BSc preparation:
| Books name |
Author/ Publisher |
|---|---|
| Challenge and Thrill of Pre-College Mathematics by New Age International Publishers |
V Krishnamoorthy, CR Pranesachar, KN Ranganathan, BJ Venkatachala |
| An Excursion in Mathematics, Bhaskaracharya Pratishtan (Pune) |
MR Modak, SA. Katre, VV Acharya |
| Mathematical Circles: Russian experience, Universities Press (Hyderabad) 1998 |
Fomin, S Genkin, I Itenberg |
| Higher Algebra |
HS Hall, SR Knight |
| Class 11th and 12th Mathematics |
NCERT |
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Best Books for CMI Entrance Exam MSc Data Sciences
Candidates have to prepare the following topics to score well in this section:
- Mathematics
- Discrete mathematics
- Probability theory
- Logic
- Data structures
- Programming
Now, to prepare the Data Sciences papers for CMI entrance exam 2020, candidates can take help of the following books:
| Books |
Author |
| Elements of Discrete Mathematics |
McGraw Hill B and CL Liu |
| Discrete Mathematics |
Oxford University Press and Norman Biggs |
| A First Course in Probability |
Pearson and Sheldon M Ross |
| Understanding Probability |
Cambridge University Press and Henk Tijms |
| How to Solve it By Computer |
Pearson and RG Dromey |
Best Books for CMI Entrance Exam MSc/PhD Computer Science
Candidates preparing for CMI entrance exam 2020 for Computer Sciences subject have to cover the syllabus of BSc level as under:
Discrete Mathematics and Elementary probability theory – topics including Sets and relations, elementary counting techniques, pigeon hole principle, partial orders
Logic – topics covered Boolean logic, truth tables, boolean circuits — and, or, not, and, nand gates.
Automata Theory – topics including, Regular expressions, non-deterministic and deterministic finite automata, subset construction, regular languages, non-regularity (pumping lemma), context-free grammars, basic ideas about computable and no computable functions.
Algorithms – Important topics including, O notation, recurrence relations, the time complexity of algorithms, sorting and searching (bubble sort, quick sort, merge sort, heap sort)
Data structures - topics including, Lists, queues, stacks, binary search trees, heaps
Graphs - topics including, Basic definitions, trees, bipartite graphs, matchings in bipartite graphs, breadth-first search, depth-first search, minimum spanning trees, shortest paths
Algorithmic techniques - Dynamic programming, divide and conquer, greedy included
In order to prepare for this section, candidates can refer the books based on the above syllabus:
| Books |
Author/ Publisher |
| Graph Theory |
Narosa, Frank Harary |
| Introduction to Automata, Languages and Computation |
John Hopcroft and Jeffrey D Ullman |
| Algorithm Design |
Pearson; Jon Kleinberg and Eva Tardos |
| Elements of Discrete Mathematics |
Tata McGraw-Hill; C. Liu |
Best Books for CMI Entrance Exam MSc/PhD Mathematics
Candidates appearing for MSc-PhD entrance exam of CMI have to cover vast syllabus as mentioned by the exam authority. The main topics from BSc level Mathematics are:
- Algebra
- Complex Analysis
- Calculus and Real Analysis
- Topology
- Applications of Mathematics
The books for CMI entrance exam 2020 Mathematics level are:
| Books |
Authors/ Publishers |
|---|---|
| Algebra |
M Artin |
| Topics in Algebra |
Herstein |
| Basic Algebra |
Jacobson |
| Abstract Algebra |
Dummit and Foote |
| Functions of one complex variable |
John Conway |
| Complex Analysis |
L V Ahlfors |
| Complex Analysis |
J Bak and D J Newman |
| Principles of mathematical analysis |
Rudin |
| Real Analysis |
Royden |
| Calculus |
Apostol |
| Topology |
James Munkres |
| Calculus |
Tom M. Apostol |
| Understanding Mathematics |
K.B. Sinha et al, Universities Press, Hyderabad. |
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