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Mathematics for Engineers, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (February 5, 2019) © 2019

  • Anthony Croft Loughborough University, UK
  • Robert Davison

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Title overview

A fundamental source of knowledge of key mathematical concepts for engineers in one textbook.

Mathematics for Engineers, 5th edition covers all requirements for a first-year Engineering Maths course, together with introductory material for even more advanced topics.

The latest edition combines theory with interactive examples, encouraging you to participate actively in the learning process and perform the calculations to work through them.

Along with examples and applications to cement your learning, this is the ultimate textbook that will offer you the tools to develop vital mathematical skills for your profession.

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A wide range of interactive examples and applications help your students practice and cement their knowledge.

  • Applications of Mathematics, demonstrate examples from a wide range of engineering areas, such as aeronautical, automotive, and systems engineering.
  • Hundreds of interactive examples in various disciplines will help your students engage actively, incorporating computer and calculator examples.

A book with a structure that allows your students to practice and study key points in the book.

  • A wealth of practice and revision exercises with solutions help test your knowledge.
  • Highlighted key points and important results throughout the book help your students in their revision process.
  • Specimen examination papers give further opportunity to practice.

Significant enhancements integrating the use of computer software in the solution of engineering mathematics problems

 

Widening of the applications base to include more from mechanical, materials and aeronautical engineering

 

Introductory material on the solution of partial differential equations, loci in the complex plane and the equation of a circle

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Encourage your students to develop vital mathematical skills for their profession.

Mathematics for Engineers, provides a fundamental source of knowledge on key mathematical concepts that every engineer needs.

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Table of contents

Brief contents

Contents

Publisher's acknowledgements

Preface

Using mathematical software packages

  1. Arithmetic
  2. Fractions
  3. Decimal numbers
  4. Percentage and ratio
  5. Basic algebra
  6. Functions and mathematical models
  7. Polynomial equations, inequalities, partial fractions and proportionality
  8. Logarithms and exponentials
  9. Trigonometry
  10. Further trigonometry
  11. Complex numbers
  12. Matrices and determinants
  13. Using matrices and determinants to solve equations
  14. Vectors
  15. Differentiation
  16. Techniques and applications of differentiation
  17. Integration
  18. Applications of integration
  19. Sequences and series
  20. Differential equations
  21. Functions of more than one variable and partial differentiation
  22. The Laplace transform
  23. Statistics and probability
  24. An introduction to Fourier series and the Fourier transform

    25. Typical examination papers

    Appendix 1: SI units and prefixes

    Index

Author bios

Anthony Croft is Professor of Mathematics Education at Loughborough University and Robert Davison spent over 30 years teaching and writing mathematics for higher education students.

They have authored many best-selling mathematics textbooks including several for engineering students

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