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Advanced Engineering Mathematics

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As a text to learn mathematics, this text is better than average. However, there are numerous errors in terms of handling real physical systems. The author clearly does not understand the words "dimensional analysis" when he describes "real problems". Futhermore, many times the author seems quite willing to change physical laws in order to simplify the mathematics. For any doubters out there, consider the 1/r (not 1/r2) electrostatic force described on page 246 problem 19. Simply stated this text is above average if you plan on learning the mathematics needed to solve engineering/physics problems. However, under no circumstances should this text be used to obtain equations for real systems.

easily understood. Many useful examples. The theory part of it is very concise and relevant

This book should be a "must" for every graduate student in engineering, mathematics, and applied science. It is well-written and is very comprehensive. In fact, one just needs to read this book and teach other people. As long as you actually spend your time reading this book, you don't even need to come to class and you still score well on your exams. I myself have learned a great deal from this book.

I bought the seventh edition because it was required for a class. I borrowed the sixth edition from a friend that took the class a few years ago and was floored by the differences. The seventh edition is exactly the same, except they removed some entire sections, removed some very useful examples and information from some other sections, and rearranged some problems and some section numbers to make the sixth edition unusable for homework assignments.

If you can get a key that tells you which sections and problems correspond between the two editions, or you are just buying the book as a reference, get the sixth edition (significantly cheaper and better).

I am constantly appalled by the practices of these text book publishers. They charge outrageous amounts for the books, make easy and unnecessary changes, release a new edition and force students to buy the new ones so they can make more money.

This is a terrible book. The content is too brief and most topics are not covered adequately. Perhaps the older longer editions were better? The treatment of PDE's is very brief and the book has more of an emphasis on formulas and their applications rather than explaining concepts in depth. The presentation is short and jerky and very superficial. Kreyszig or Zill are much better book. Stay away from this book, at least the seventh edition.

I found the book really useful to learn the material for upper level
undergraduate mathematics. I found the explanations rather straightforward and the text provides proofs, which I appreciate, but in some sections, such as power series, the example problems have small mistakes which will frustrate if you use them to help you learn the material as I do. I can see how the book's lack of depth into each individual subject could leave some lacking. The book also requires prier knowledge of basic calculus and algebraic manipulation so students without this could get lost in examples. I believe that these traits trim down the text and makes it more of a resource, which I like. Overall I think it is a decent book but it is unacceptable to me for the book's examples to have errors.

It's outdated and I was duped into buying it. The least they could have done was provided a picture of it. Who wants the 2nd edition when there's a 7th edition out?

The book is very big (1600 pages!) and it contains everything an engineer can need (differential equations, Laplace, Fourier, linear algebra and vector calculus, complex numbers, residue theorem, ...). The book is in good shape and the delivery was quick.

Might be a satisfying undergrad text, but as grad textbook is not great. It tries to cover every math subject that an engineering might come across (linear algebra, PDEs and complex analysis) but by doing so it ends up covering only basics without rigorous treatment of the topic. If you are a math guy or a PhD student from any field, do not even think about buying it, if you are an engineer it might be good enough. For linear algebra I personally suggest Shilov's book, old style but rigorous and complete.

I am a Ph.D. in Geophysics at MIT and I keep coming back to this book again and again. It is clearly written, has useful problem sets, and many clear examples. It covers a great range of topics and should be on the shelf of every engineer or scientist.