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Mathematical techniques : an introduction for the engineering, physical and mathematical sciences / D.W. Jordan and P. Smith.

By: Jordan, D. W.
Contributor(s): Smith, Peter, 1935-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994Description: xvi, 659 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0198562683; 0198562675 (pbk.).Subject(s): Mathematical analysisDDC classification: 510
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 510 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00018205
General Lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 510 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00018206
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 Standard Functions and Techniques
  • 2 Differentiation
  • 3 Further Techniques for Differentiation
  • 4 Applications of Differentiation
  • 5 Taylor Series and Approximations
  • 6 Complex Numbers
  • 7 Matrix Algebra
  • 8 Determinants
  • 9 Vectors in Two and Three Dimensions
  • 10 Linear Equations
  • 11 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
  • 12 Antidifferentiation and Area
  • 13 The Definite and Indefinite Integral
  • 14 Applications Involving the Integral as a Sum
  • 15 Systematic Techniques for Integration
  • 16 Unforced Linear Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients
  • 17 Forced Linear Differential Equations
  • 18 Harmonic Functions and the Harmonic Oscillator
  • 19 Steady Forced Oscillations
  • Phasors, Impedance, Transfer Functions
  • 20 Graphical, Numerical and Other Aspects of First-Order Equations
  • 21 Introduction to the Phase Plane
  • 22 The Laplace Transform
  • 23 Applications of the Laplace Transform
  • 24 Fourier Series
  • 25 Differentiation of Functions of Two Variables
  • 26 Functions of Two Variables
  • Geometry and Formulae
  • 27 Chain Rules, Restricted Maxima, Coordinate Systems
  • 28 Functions of Any Number of Variables
  • 29 Double Integration
  • 30 Line Integrals
  • 31 Sets
  • 32 Boolean Algebra
  • Logic Gates and Switching Functions
  • 33 Graph Theory
  • Circuit Analysis and Signal Flow
  • 34 Difference Equations
  • 35 Applications Projects Using Symbolic Computing

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CHOICE Review

Authors Peter Smith and Dom Jordan teach in the department of mathematics at Keele University; their book is for use in a year-long course in mathematics for students of engineering and physical sciences at universities in the UK. Topics covered include differential and integral calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, Laplace and Fourier transforms, discrete mathematics, probability, and statistics. In the US, these topics would typically be discussed in as many as seven separate courses! Obviously, such a broad range of topics cannot be reviewed in depth within one 800-page book. The authors have opted for a very basic pedagogical approach, with emphasis on drill and practice. There is little in the way of in-depth exercises, modeling, or applications to other disciplines. One may compare this book with works that cover only a small part of this material but in much greater detail, such as Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Andrew M. Gleason, et al., Calculus (1994), and David C. Lay's Linear Algebra and Its Applications (2nd ed., 1997). Lower-division undergraduates. B. Borchers New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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