STROUD:ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS
by K. A. Stroud · first published 1983
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K A Stroud Engineering Mathematics is probably the book that helped me most. 31 chapters each composed of about 60 problems. The problems are progressive and contain explanations of the new concepts that they contain. All the answers…
on “Ask HN: Math books that made you significantly better at math?” ↗The best book, because it is full of worked examples and exercises, is K.A Stroud Engineering Mathematics, and the Advanced Engineering Mathematics book by the same author. I used these books from First year to Masters level in Mechanical Engineering, it covers simple arithmetic to Laplace transforms and…
on “Ask HN: Math book recommendations to relearn the fundamentals” ↗…It's quite old at this point, but most recommendations should be fairly evergreen. For plug and chug mathematics from 0 to graduate level try, because it is full of worked examples and exercises, is K.A Stroud Engineering Mathematics, and the Advanced Engineering Mathematics book by the same author. Warning they are Plug and Chug methods, you might also want to take a course on logic and proofs. But if you want to really nail the…
on “Ask HN: Suggest some of the best books in field XYZ for self study” ↗…by a Dutch guy. He proved that yes we can have a book that is so comprehensive and "author-proof". There is none unproved theorem inside the 800 pages book. All steps are printed there explicitly. And Stroud Engineering Mathematics is exceptionally best written for the narrative and educational approach. And maybe the Openstax Calculus. Author provided all important proofs and for those omitted, I never feel any loss. Especially…
on “Ask HN: Why are people still publishing bad math textbooks?” ↗I still have these on my shelf looking dog-eared and well read You can probably tell from these exactly which year I took CSEE :) - Biggs: Discrete Maths - Stroud: Engineering Mathematics - Solkolnikoff: Mathematics of Physics and Modern Engineering - Sommerville: Software Engineering - Aho: Compilers - Kernighan and Ritchie: The C Programming Language - Kernighan and Pike: The UNIX…
on “Ask HN: The book that did it for you in math and/or CS?” ↗