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Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th Edition

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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.

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.

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.

The textbook possesses exceptional content. Nevertheless, the material is presented in an overly structured manner that inhibits more intuitive and independent thought. In my calculus class at the University of Pennsylvania, sycophants seemed to take a little too much of a delight in this book.

This book is a fundamental to understand the theor y of Laplace transforms and other transform techniques which is a basis of all modern theories on Digital Signal Processing. This books is still handy compared to one in school I used in 1981!

The perfect student math resource. This book has helped me with a wide range of papers accross three years of my degreee. It is brilliant.