Schaum's Outline of Advanced Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists

by Murray R. Spiegel

Book Overview

Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time?Fortunately for you, there's Schaum's.More than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's Outlines to help them succeed in the classroom and on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0070602166
• Release Date: June 1971
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

a very good review

I got this book to review for my class.. it was really helpful, i had lots of examples and problems and mostly each problem shows off a trick and an important point... i am happy that i got it

Inexpensive complete mathematical reference book

This is a great concise mathematical reference manual at a great price. I started using this book for reference to complex integrals in graduate school and have sinced used it as my primary mathematical reference sources for all the basic mathematical equations I learned while earning my engineering degree. I recommend it to my students (I teach at a university now) and frequently give it as a gift to graduating high school students (relatives and such) planning to pursue math or engineering related degrees in college. Note that it is a true reference manual and one needs to know how to use the equations in the first place in order to use the book. In many cases this requires coursework except for simple topics like equations for areas of different shapes, etc.

A good overview but a little too broad in scope

This outline covers just about all of the applied mathematics that upper level undergraduate and graduate engineers need to know to solve problems. It is a great reference, but its scope is so broad that you really can't use it for anything other than review. The author apparently recognizes that an outline this broad in scope cannot be that instructive either, and limits the introductory portion of each chapter to relevant tables and equations that an engineer/scientist must know to work problems. It is assumed you have other books to function as detailed tutorials. I have to say that the differential equations portions of this outline were far superior to the individual Schaum's outlines for those subjects. Also, the Fourier series and Fourier integral chapters were a bit too theoretical for most engineers, as many of the problems involved proofs or demonstrating properties rather than using the theory to solve problems. However, most chapters have a good mix of exercises - a few proofs, straight numerical problems, and applied exercises such as problems on circuit analysis, for example. If you need a broad overview of the mathematics that an engineer must know from a problem-solving perspective, with small lessons on each topic, might I also suggest "Engineering Mathematics" and "Advanced Engineering Mathematics" by Stroud. Both of those books lead you by the hand and cover everything from high school through graduate school-level mathematics from an engineer's perspective. This outline would go great with those two books, as this outline can serve as a test of your comprehension of those two books by serving as a source of additional solved problems. I would suggest you get this book and keep it around as one of several good references on applied mathematics.

essential for any scientist

I bought this book for self study and it is amazing. For someone interested in furthering their mathematical knowledge and applying it to their research, it is a must have item. Especially because of its low price and the numerous solved exercises that one can follow and easily learn from. Covers everything from PDE's to conformal mapping and everything in between at an approachable level for non-mathematicians.

A good review of topics

This book goes through all the basics needed to master advanced mathematics. It covers differential equations; linear differential equations; Laplace transformations; vector analysis; multiple, line and surface integrals with the theorems; Fourier series and integrals; gamma and beta functions, Bessel functions, Legendre and othhogonal functions, partial differential equations, complex variables and conformal mapping, complex inversion formula (for Laplace transformations); and matrices. At the beginning is also a review of the basic terms and rules.This is a good book to review to refresh your memory of what you studied in school. If you are in school now, this will be a good supplement. As with other books in this series, there are problems you can work to test your knowledge, but not all of them have the answers printed in the book. This is a little bothersome, but the book is still worth the investment.