Advanced Engineering Mathematics

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Summary: Jack of all trades and a master of none
Review: This text of Kreyzig tries to cover too many topics in one text. For example, partial differential equations chapter 11 does not even introduce the student to the Sturm-Lioville problem. As a physics student I do not recommend this so-called engineering text to supplement your understanding of PDEs. Its not even good as a reference. I highly recommend "Boundry Value Problems" by David L. Powers. His book treats the subject of PDEs rather well

Its fine for engineering students, i.e. cook-book approach, but not a very good text for science students

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Summary: The Bible of Engineering Mathematics!
Review: This is the book I used as a student and a graduate student and it is still the book I use as a reference book as a doctoral student! It is the complete reference textbook for any engineering mathematics student (and any student of applied mathematics). Though it is more difficult to use than Stroud (hence only 4 stars) it covers each topic in much more depth and also covers topics which Stroud does not even in his Advanced volume. I would recommend using Stroud first to learn the topic and then this book to master it. For the more advanced topics such as partial differential equations and advanced vector calculus this book is matchless. A must have reference book for any engineering/physical sciences student/researcher.

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Summary: Advanced Engineering Mathematics 8th Edition
Review: I am using this book in my undergraduate studies and in my opinion this textbook is not very good in explaining or demonstrating throught its example problems the concepts needed to successfully complete the exercises at the end of each section. Often I must refer to another text to get a better understanding on how to approach and ultimately solve the exercises. Additionally I feel this textbook is not very well organized.

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Summary: Beautiful Math Book!
Review: Though "beautiful" is not usually an adjective for a math book, this book is the exception. The book is a handy reference for the engineer or the student of higher mathematics. It covers the basics of HIGHER MATH which is of great versatility. The organization and presentation of the material is excellent, grouping similar or "connected" concepts allowing a fluidity that facilitates its use. I love this book!

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Summary: VERY SOUND! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Review: 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 gun salute, for compiling this outstanding compendium.
The way this book dissected Numerical Methods, Differential Equation, and Vector Calculus, will rouse envy in many academic circles. The same applies to its unsurpassed analyses of Oscillation Matrices, Quantum Symmetries, and Linear Algebra. I wonder why all those condemnations! In fact, I will advise those complainants to go back to primary school.
As its name depicts, this text is an advanced book, and not an introductory one. Still, its author took the necessary pains in tabling an uncomplicated presentation. I will, with great pleasure, recommend it to any Engineering or Science student who needs an advanced mathematics textbook.

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Summary: Not worth the money
Review: Well, well...there are lots of people who say this is a "GOLDMINE" of knowledge, is Comprehensive, blah...blah...blah.
This book, simply put, is not worth the money you need to pay for it. It tries to cover too much, and ends up being unable to do justice to anything . You can, however, use this as a reference text. It has something about everything, but when it comes to details, you need to go to some other text.
"GRADED EXERCISES". Well, they sure are, but most of the problems are far too simple, and almost all of the same kind. The author explains a problem, and then gives 20 probs, all of the same kind, but with slightly changed numerical info. So if that's what you want, go ahead, buy this book.

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Summary: Mis-leading info
Review: Seller explicitly said new harcover, I recieved a used softcover, in sub-par condition. I would not buy from them again.

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Summary: To Many Nice Figures and So Little Explanation.
Review: When I started using this textbook for a graduate level engineering mathematics I thought I would "see the light" and had finally come across an author that would help me understand advanced mathematics and its application to real-world problems. Needless to say I was let down. Kreysig offers no explanation for many new and complex concepts and often leaves out helpful background (theory/proofs) necessary to have a full undestanding and skill level necessary to apply the concepts. A case in point is his handling of the Legendre Transforms/Polynomials and Sturm-Liouville Theory. Did I mention that I think it is a bad idea to cover matrices and linear algebra in differnt chapters of the book

When I took ODE/PDE in undergraduate we used the text, Advanced Engineering mathematics by O'neil and at the time I thought this book was difficult and confusing. Althought it was not filled with color figures and graphs it contained many proofs and theorems to explain the concepts. I'm starting to use this book as a reference for those concepts that aren't covered thoroughly enough by Kreysig and now appreciate the O'Neil book more and more everyday.

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Summary: Not bad for its purpose.
Review: This book's strength is mainly as a reference text containing a lot of methods. As a textbook, the level of mathematical rigor may be too little to satisfy math majors and yet too much for physics and engineering students to deal with. Nonetheless (an older edition of) this book has been on my shelf for almost 25 years, and I still refer to it now and then.

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Summary: Can be best used as a reference
Review: Advanced Engineering Mathematics (AEM), by Kyeyszig, was recommended as the textbook in my Maths-2 course, in the 3rd semester of my computer sc. B.Tech. The book was however of little help to me. Although the book covers a very wide range of topics, none of them is dealt with any detail. Crucial explanations are missing at a number of places.However, with additional texts for the topics covered, using AEM as a reference is good, but certainly not as a stand-alone textbook. For the sheer coverage of AEM, and for its exciting end-of-chapter problems, I certainly recommend AEM as a reference book, but not as a textbook.