Advanced Engineering Mathematics, 7th Edition

By James B. Seaborn

The content and character of mathematics needed in applications are changing rapidly. Introduces students of engineering, physics, mathematics and computer science to those areas that are vital to address practical problems. The Seventh Edition offers a self-contained treatment of ordinary differential equations, linear algebra, vector calculus, fourier analysis and partial differential equations, complex analysis, numerical methods, optimization and graphs, probability and statistics. New in this edition are: many sections rewritten to increase readability; problems have been revised and more closely related to examples; instructors manual quadrupled in content; improved balance between applications, algorithmic ideas and theory; reorganized differential equations and linear algebra sections; added and improved examples throughout.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471553808
• ISBN13: 9780471553809
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 1271 Pages
• Weight: 4.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.2" x 2.1" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

My overall impression is this: it's a great book

It's exactly what most 4 and 5 star reviews say it is. The only real issue I have that no other review (not even a 1, 2, or 3 star review) mentions is this. The book doesn't provide notes for conceptual pitfalls that can and will arise when reading it. A good example is the word "vector." There are actually 2 types of vectors mentioned: one from the linear algebra camp, the other from the vector calculus school of thought...

Best reference to have on your desk.

This is a NOT a text book for learning engineering mathematics. Its just way too dry. However, it is the single best reference to have next to you while you are working as a scientist, engineer or (as I have found recently) economist. After you leave University, you aren't going to remember all the various expansions, techniques and log rules. Once you are working, you will have this book on your book shelf.

A reference manual for advanced engineering mathematics

This book is an all-encompassing book dealing with all (I am not joking) topics of advanced engineering mathematics required by practicing engineers and students. This is not meant to be used as an introductory text during a math course but as a reference manual for practical applications once you go beyond your math course. If you are looking for a comprehensive math book with consistent notation and style of writing, look...

VERY SOUND! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

It is not unusual for those who failed to pass (or understand) their courses to look for cheap scapegoats. Some have blamed their lecturers, and some have blamed their textbooks. But I am not swayed!Thus, despite all the negative rantings some reviewers have labelled against this "Advanced Engineering Mathematics", I will advise you to see for yourself. This book is superb! Erwin Kreyszig should be honoured with a twenty-one...

the key is to use it as a reference text

I am currently using this massive book as it is the required text for my Engineering Math I course (MS Mech Eng). I heartily agree with others who claim to find this book is not thorough enough in the subjects it covers. BUT, out of curiosity I have delved into the book and studied the chapters covering material I am familiar with I saw in previous courses (Diff Equations, 4 Calculus courses, Control Systems, Linear Systems,...