Essential Math Skills for Engineers / Wiley - IEEE Bd.1 (ePub)

Preface. 1 What Do Engineers Do? 2 Miscellaneous Math Skills. 2.1 Equations of Lines, Planes, and Circles. 2.2 Areas and Volumes of Common Shapes. 2.3 Roots of a Quadratic Equation. 2.4 Logarithms. 2.5 Reduction of Fractions and Lowest Common Denominators. 2.6 Long Division. 2.7 Trigonometry. 2.7.1 The Common Trigonometric Functions: Sine, Cosine, and Tangent. 2.7.2 Areas of Triangles. 2.7.3 The Hyperbolic Trigonometric Functions: Sinh, Cosh, and Tanh. 2.8 Complex Numbers and Algebra, and Euler's Identity. 2.8.1 Solution of Differential Equations Having Sinusoidal Forcing Functions. 2.9 Common Derivatives and Their Interpretation. 2.10 Common Integrals and Their Interpretation. 2.11 Numerical Integration. 3 Solution of Simultaneous, Linear, Algebraic Equations. 3.1 How to Identify Simultaneous, Linear, Algebraic Equations. 3.2 The Meaning of a Solution. 3.3 Cramer's Rule and Symbolic Equations. 3.4 Gauss Elimination. 3.5 Matrix Algebra. 4 Solution of Linear, Constant-Coeffi cient, Ordinary Differential Equations. 4.1 How to Identify Linear, Constant-Coeffi cient, Ordinary Differential Equations. 4.2 Where They Arise: The Meaning of a Solution. 4.3 Solution of First-Order Equations. 4.3.1 The Homogeneous Solution. 4.3.2 The Forced Solution for "Nice" f(t). 4.3.3 The Total Solution. 4.3.4 A Special Case. 4.4 Solution of Second-Order Equations. 4.4.1 The Homogeneous Solution. 4.4.2 The Forced Solution for "Nice" f(t). 4.4.3 The Total Solution. 4.4.4 A Special Case. 4.5 Stability of the Solution. 4.6 Solution of Simultaneous Sets of Ordinary Differential Equations with the Differential Operator. 4.6.1 Using the Differential Operator to Verify Solutions. 4.7 Numerical (Computer) Solutions. 5 Solution of Linear, Constant-Coeffi cient, Difference Equations. 5.1 Where Difference Equations Arise. 5.2 How to Identify Linear, Constant-Coeffi cient Difference Equations. 5.3 Solution of First-Order Equations. 5.3.1 The Homogeneous Solution. 5.3.2 The Forced Solution for "Nice"

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.

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