Essential Math Skills for Engineers

Just the math skills you need to excel in the study or practice of engineering

Good math skills are indispensable for all engineers regardless of their specialty, yet only a relatively small portion of the math that engineering students study in college mathematics courses is used on a frequent basis in the study or practice of engineering. That's why Essential Math Skills for Engineers focuses on only these few critically essential math skills that students need in order to advance in their engineering studies and excel in engineering practice.

Essential Math Skills for Engineers features concise, easy-to-follow explanations that quickly bring readers up to speed on all the essential core math skills used in the daily study and practice of engineering. These fundamental and essential skills are logically grouped into categories that make them easy to learn while also promoting their long-term retention. Among the key areas covered are:

• Algebra, geometry, trigonometry, complex arithmetic, and differential and integral calculus
• Simultaneous, linear, algebraic equations
• Linear, constant-coefficient, ordinary differential equations
• Linear, constant-coefficient, difference equations
• Linear, constant-coefficient, partial differential equations
• Fourier series and Fourier transform
• Laplace transform
• Mathematics of vectors

With the thorough understanding of essential math skills gained from this text, readers will have mastered a key component of the knowledge needed to become successful students of engineering. In addition, this text is highly recommended for practicing engineers who want to refresh their math skills in order to tackle problems in engineering with confidence.

About the Author

Clayton R. Paul, PhD, is the Sam Nunn Eminent Professor of Aerospace Systems Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Mercer University. He is also Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Paul is the author or coauthor of fifteen electrical engineering textbooks and has published more than 200 technical papers. He is a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He was awarded the prestigious 2005 IEEE Electromagnetics Award and the prestigious 2007 IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award.