AFS-II - Annual Foundation School - II (2024) GITAM University

Speakers and Syllabus

Applicants for AFS-II should already be familiar with the syllabus of the AFS-I schools, which is available at :
https://www.atmschools.org/sites/default/files/syllabus_AFS_programmes_2016.pdf

Syllabus and Speakers
    • Algebra II: Rings and Modules [Artin] Chapters 11,12,13,14.
    • Analysis II: Measure and Integration [Rudin] Chapters 1,2,3.
    • Topology II: Elementary Differential Geometry [Pressley] Chapters 1-8, 10, 11 (Chapter 9 on Minimal Surfaces may be left out).
References

1. [Artin] Michael Artin, Algebra, 2nd edition, Prentice-Hall, India, 2010.
2. Jacobson, N.: Basic Algebra I and II, W. H. Freeman and Company, USA, 1974, 1980.–Indian Editions Published by Hindustan Publishing Corporation, Delhi, 1984.
3. [Rudin] W. Rudin, Real and Complex Analysis, Mc-Graw-Hill 3rd ed, 1987.
4. Royden, R. L.: Real Analysis, Macmillan Publishing Company, 3rd Ed., 1988.
5. [Pressley] Andrew Pressley, Elementary Differential Geometry Springer, 2001.
6. Thorpe, J.A.: Elementary Topics in Differential Geometry, Springer, 1979.

Algebra II:
    • Instructors:

1. Prof. Dilip P. Patil  (DPP), Distinguished Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru. (Ret’d Prof. IISc Bangalore)
2. Prof. Amartya K. Dutta (AKD), Professor, ISI Kolkata.
3. Dr. Nikhilesh Dasgupta (ND), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.

    • Course Associates:

1. Dr. Animesh Lahiri (AL), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.
2. Dr. Sneh Bala Sinha (SBS), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.

Analysis II:
    • Instructors:

1. Prof. M. Thamban Nair (MTN), Professor, BITS Pilani, Goa campus (Ret’d Prof. IIT Madras).
2. Prof. A. K. Nandakumaran (AK), Professor, IISc Bangalore.

    • Course Associates:

1. Dr. Pramod Kumar Das (PKD), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.
2. Dr. Priyabrata Bag (PB), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.
3. Dr. Samir Kumar Hazra (SH), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.
4. Dr. Akshay Goel (AG), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.

Topology II:
    • Instructors:

1. Prof. Gopala K. Srinivasan (GKS), Professor, IIT Bombay.
2. Prof. Soumen Sarkar (SS), Professor, IIT Madras.

    • Course Associates:

1. Dr. Sudhir Singh (SS), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.
2. Dr. S Vishnuvardhana (VV), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.
3. Dr. Jyotirmoy Ganguly (JG), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.
4. Dr. Arindam Dey (AD), Assistant Professor, GITAM University, Bengaluru.

Time Table

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