22-09-2016, 05:36 AM
(21-09-2016, 10:07 AM)ppppenguin Wrote: Like Nick, my degree had lots of hairy maths but have used very little since. Nothing beyond very simple calculus and complex numbers. Except for Z transforms which I've used for understanding digital filters. And a bit of control theory for PLLs.
But being exposed to Fourier transforms, vector calculus etc gave me a background which allows me to approciate what's going on in various fields even if I would struggle (or fail) to actually work in them.
Almost identical - I use a bit of calculus, Z-transforms and quite a lot of Fourier transforms (DFT & FFT) - matrix theory is another area that comes up a bit...
WIthout a doubt, the best book around by a country mile is Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Stroud.
It's just such an easy and clear book to use - just love it - my only regret is that it wasn't around when I did my own degree - one of my sons did engineering at Queen's Belfast and this was a course text - as soon as I started looking at it, I bought my own copy.
Read the reviews - if you want to understand potentially complex maths from an engineering standpoint in a totally accessible way, just buy this book....
...oh, and READ it
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