Mathematics
Maths - Student's Survival Guide
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003, 648pp, 2nd ed.
This friendly self-help introductory textbook covers mathematics essential for first-year undergraduate scientists and engineers. Mathematics underlies all science and engineering degrees and this textbook is perfect for those engineering students that need some brushing up on their math skills. Jenny Olive uses her wide experience of teaching and helping students to provide a clear and confident understanding of the core mathematics needed for science and engineering courses.
Table of contents
1. Basic algebra: some reminders of how it works;
2. Graphs and equations;
3. Relations and functions;
4. Some trigonometry and geometry of triangles and circles;
5. Extending trigonometry to angles of any size;
6. Sequences and series;
7. Binomial series and proof by induction;
8. Differentiation;
9. Integration;
10. Complex numbers;
11. Working with vectors.