Mathematics

Mathematics was one of my favorite subject since childhood. While undergoing the engineering MATHEMATICS treatment, I developed a complete boredom towards mathematics. Fourier series, this series that series, laplace, complex numbers, some sort of 3D figures, areas under curve, under cone, under this and under that. This was not really expected after twelfth. As a matter of fact in the coming years after the era of Mathematics in my engineering life, I never really used even a Pythagoras theorem.

Well, for MATHEMATICS you don’t have any shortcut whatsoever. You can study lesser topics but then you will have to do them very finely. I myself had managed to do just 2 and a half units out of the 6 for my MATHEMATICS II paper. I scored 40 (with no grace marks – mind well !). But, yes you can study for these Mathematics papers in 3 to 4 days depending on varying intensity of understanding and intelligence. You have to keep in mind few things.

1. Studying as many topics as possible but perfectly.
2. Writing down the formulas in a notebook or marking them in the text books at the beginning of the study. Let’s say you decide to do 2 units (out of 6) of mathematics. Write down all the formulas of these two units on a sheet of paper. Now go for understanding from where these formulae have come; i.e. try to understand how these formulae are derived. Now learn them, mug them, do whatever you can, so that you can remember them. (This is not a difficult task). Keep revising after every 6 to 7 hours. By the end of the second day you will have all those formulae at the tip of your tongue. In order to assure your passing you can keep few more units in range of your study (say one more unit from section II – as to why section II refer the other article 'importance of writing both the sections'). Now in the remaining big span of time keep solving examples of these studied units from text books and checking the answers accordingly. By the end of time and start of exam you will walk confidently into the exam hall with few but perfectly done units and vomit everything there on the canvas of paper with confidence.
3. Now while writing the papers, start with your most studied section. Start writing it neatly. Keep at least the first 3 or 4 pages neat and clean (but not empty). And that you can do perfectly well after studying some part.
4. Now that you have gained the confidence of the paper checker you can go for the tampering part. How to do it, you can read it in ‘ How to write even though you can’t ’ post.
5. Remember that those formulae which you mugged up, but you did not study, come into picture now. You are finished with whatever you can write (including all optional questions 'why to write the optional questions ?'). now check out the other questions, read them, think which formula you can apply. You are not sure, confident, not knowing the steps, etc. Don’t worry, just use the formulae, do some derivation work and write some steps. Let it be right or be it wrong. Just keep on writing whatever and all that you can.
6. Remember! Never keep one section blank. No one can help if you keep both.

THAT’S IT. THIS MUCH IS ENOUGH FOR MATHEMATICS.

YOU CAN SURELY USE THESE TRICKS IN PROBLEM SOLVING SUBJECTS LIKE APPLIED MECHANICS, SUBJECTS OF MECHANICAL ENGG, ETC.