Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th Edition [Hardcover]

Erwin Kreyszig (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 11, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0471553808 | ISBN-13: 978-0471553809 | Edition: 7

The content and character of mathematics needed in applications are changing rapidly. Introduces students of engineering, physics, mathematics and computer science to those areas that are vital to address practical problems. The Seventh Edition offers a self-contained treatment of ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, vector calculus, fourier analysis and partial differential equations, complex analysis, numerical methods, optimization and graphs, probability and statistics. New in this edition are: many sections rewritten to increase readability; problems have been revised and more closely related to examples; instructors manual quadrupled in content; improved balance between applications, algorithmic ideas and theory; reorganized differential equations and linear algebra sections; added and improved examples throughout.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1271 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 7 edition (August 11, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471553808
• ISBN-13: 978-0471553809
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #808,064 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Agony and the Agony, February 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th Edition (Hardcover)

Do you know what a vector space is? How about the Convolution theorem? Good, because Kreysig expects you to, and if you don't, well, don't expect any sympathy. What's that you want? A well explained, clear sample problem? Too bad. All you get is a proof of a method that is too difficult to understand anyway. If you're not Gauss or at least Feynmann, find another book.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Possibly the Worst Applied Mathematics Textbook Ever, June 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th Edition (Hardcover)

It is indeed a sign of divine grace that Kreyszig's text was ever published. Kreyszig has no sense of how to present mathematics to a student -- neither theory nor application. Often, he will incoherently present the theory, and then present a problem set whose problems can only be solved by someone with prior experience (this problem is particularly acute in the chapter on Linear Algebra). Again and again, Kreyszig offers an incomplete proof of a theorem and then assigns problems on it, effectively compromising both theory and application. As for the Opeartional Calculus, I am sure Laplace and Heaviside are turning in their graves. This book is a particularly keen example of the adage, "Textbooks start bad and get worse." My reccommendations: Leon Mirsky's Test "Linear Algebra" and Harry M. Schey's "Div, Grad, Curl and All That" for Vector Calculus.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book written with thorough mathematical rigour, December 21, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th Edition (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book for people who like formal treatment of mathematics used in engineering and science. I read this book about 10 years back, back then it was in its 4edition, when I was doing my under graduation in Chemical Engineering. I found it extremely helpful then. Now, I develop computer programs, I still find this book extremely useful. I think, adding a few section on queueing theory will make this book even better a referece.