Engineering Mathematics: A Foundation for Electronic, Electrical, Communications and Systems Engineers: Amazon.co.uk: Dr Anthony Croft, Martin Hargreaves, Robert Davison: Books

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This important new edition provides a complete course in engineering mathematics for degree and diploma students in electronic, electrical, systems and telecommunications engineering. It can be used throughout 1st and 2nd year degree programmes.
It is also extremely relevant to the growing areas of computer, software and design engineering.
Key features of this edition-
* This book develops and illustrates concepts through relevant and modern engineering
examples.
* All the necessary mathematical foundations are covered in detail in the early chapters, making this text particularly suitable for students from a variety of backgrounds.
* There is thorough coverage of Laplace, z and Fourier transforms, providing an
excellent foundation for signal processing methods.
Key new changes based on extensive research from students and lecturers-
* Improved format and 2-colour text design
* Increased coverage of basic algebraic techniques
* A new chapter on co-ordinate systems
* Extensive new material on the discrete Fourier transform and related techniques, of particular relevance to digital signal processing
* Enhanced coverage of line, surface and volume integrals
* Supplements package includes companion web site and solutions manual
Anthony Croft is manager of the Mathematics Learning Support Centre at Loughborough University.
Robert Davison and Martin Hargreaves are lecturers in the Department of Engineering and Technology at De Montfort University.
The authors are experienced teachers of mathematics to engineering students. They have written several highly acclaimed textbooks in this area.
Available with this text will be a CD-based testing and assessment package, with interactive multi-choice, multi-answer and hot-spot questions that allow students to test their understanding of the key topics. Ideal for reinforcing learning during the course or pre-examination revision, all questions will provide detailed student feedback on-screen, and also direct students to the relevant section or page in the text for further study.
A networkable version of the CD for use in diagnostic assessment is also available for purchase by university departments.

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

Great book for Electronic/Electrical engineering students 26 Aug 2002

By A Customer

Format:Paperback

This is a fantastic book for first/second year electrical/electronic engineering students! I only discovered it at the beginning of my second year, when I was having serious difficulty with my engineering maths course (culminating in my tutor saying, at one point, "if you can't do that you shouldn't be in this class").

With self motivation, this book is an invaluable tool. It covers everything you need to know for a electrical engineering maths course, from the basics such as trigonometric functions (degrees and radians, trigonometric identities), through differentiation, integration, onto the laplace transform, fourier series and transform and finally vector calculus (gradient, curl and divergence of vector fields), line and multiple integrals, and stokes theorem.

The format is to give a easy to understand introduction to each topic, with worked examples, then building the worked examples up to more complex ones. There are frequent exercises throughout the book, to make sure you understand each small chunk, as well as review exercises at the end of each section.

I attribute a large part of my success in second year engineering math to this book. Strongly recommended.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

A nice big book 23 July 2007

By Rumplestiltskin

This is a great complement to the K Stroud book.

With Stroud, you're best off getting hold of some past papers; working out what you need to know; and getting stuck into the relevant programme.

With this book, it's more of a traditional maths reference book with lots of exercises (but not enough for my liking), and is much more specifically geared towards electronics: I was gutted that missed the section on Boolean algebra in here, which you won't find in Stroud; and you won't find as nicely introduced in digital books.

What I will say is that it could do with having even more electronics-specific calculations, transforms and that (until it's as fat as or fatter than K Stroud), just to bridge the gap between those awful American electronics tomes and K Stroud.

As it goes, I'd say it is an essential book for all first and second year electronics students; but I'd still get a K Stroud as well - especially if you're a bit crap at maths. It's very accessible and gets the point.

I can't say I've ever used the bundled CD though, I can't even remember what's on it, save to say it's not much better than the atrocious one that comes with K Stroud; but owt's better than nowt.

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Long Time Ago.. 4 Aug 2011

By Vasilios Papachristos

This book is one of the best books i've ever read about maths. Although i graduated in 1997 from university, this book make me wonder what more could i had done if i had it in that period of my life. I recommend this book to every student that wants to be helped and understand engineering mathematic principles. It's a diamond well worth it, simple, with a lot of exercises and paradigms , with step by step methodology and testing your understanding in an excellent manner. A must have book even for a reference!