The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is India's premier institution for advanced research in fundamental sciences. The Institute runs a graduate programme leading to the award of Ph.D., Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. as well as M.Sc. degree in certain subjects. With its distinguished faculty, world class facilities and stimulating research environment, it is an ideal place for aspiring scientists to initiate their career.
The Graduate Programme at TIFR is classified into the following Subjects - Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer & Systems Sciences (including Communications and Applied Probability) and Science Education. It is conducted at the Mumbai campus and various National Centres of TIFR.
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Entrance examination for the TIFR Graduate Programs 2017 in Mathematics (PhD and Integrated PhD at TIFR, Mumbai, PhD and Integrated PhD at CAM, Bengaluru, and PhD at ICTS, Bengaluru) will comprise of a written test and an interview, as follows
The written test will be of total 3 hours duration and it has two parts, Part I and Part II. In Part I there will be 30 true or false questions. A correct answer gets 2 points, a wrong answer gets −1 point, non answer gets 0 points. The answer sheets for Part I will be collected at the end of 1 1/2 hours. Only Part I will be graded for all applicants. Based on a suitable cutoff, approximately around 100 top candidates will be chosen for the next step of evaluation. The answer booklets for Part II for will be graded only for these chosen candidates. Part II consists of 10 questions, and the solution to the questions have to be written. Credit will be given for the answers, and partial credit will be given for partially correct answers.
The screening test is mainly based on mathematics covered in a reasonable B.Sc. course. The interview need not be confined to this.
Algebra: Definitions and examples of group (finite and infinite, commutative and non-commutative), cyclic groups, subgroups, homomorphisms, quotients. Definitions and example of rings and fields. Basic facts about finite dimensional vector spaces, matrices, determinants, and ranks of linear transformations. Integers and their basic properties. Polynomials with real or complex coefficients in 1 variable
Analysis: Basic facts about real and complex numbers, convergence of sequences and series of real and complex numbers, continuity, differentiability and Riemann integration of real valued functions defined on an interval (finite or infinite), elementary functions (polynomial functions, rational functions, exponential and log, trigonometric functions).
Geometry/Topology: Elementary geometric properties of common shapes and figures in 2 and 3 dimensional Euclidean spaces (e.g. triangles, circles, discs, spheres, etc.). Plane analytic geometry (= coordinate geometry) and trigonometry. Definition and basic properties of metric spaces, examples of subset Euclidean spaces (of any dimension), connectedness, compactness. Convergence in metric spaces, continuity of functions between metric spaces.
General: Pigeon-hole principle (box principle), induction, elementary properties of divisibility, elementary combinatorics (permutations and combinations, binomial coefficients), elementary reasoning with graphs.
Based on the combined performance, a further shortlist will be made, for each program. The listed candidates will be called for final selection interviews for various programs of TIFR in different campuses of TIFR.