Amazon.com: Advanced Engineering Mathematics (Volume 1): 9780831134495: Stroud, Kenneth: Books

I agree with other reviewers that the book is good for someone seeking a way to pass math exams in engineering schools. It has worked out examples with step by step solutions. This is of great assistance for students who want to obtain technical skill in solving engineering math problems and for non-academic professionals (e.g. working in industry). It is also recommended for those who have obtained their degree some time ago and want a self-study guide to refresh their knowledge and get things started again.However, if you are a student who may pursue postgraduate studies (even if you are not sure right now) or someone who needs to understand concepts, you should buy other books. In my opinion, this book will not prepare you well in developing concepts and seeing the big picture, features which are necessary if you are to go deeper. The exhaustive step by step treatment of the examples will slow you down and, although it is counterintuitive, too slow a study is as bad as a too fast one.I give it 4 stars for a book addressing the first category decribed in my review. Minus 1 star since I think the frame method used in worked examples makes the book unnecessarily large.

I bought it after being reminded of how good this book was recently and wanted to make sure I had a copy of it for reference, I have never really dissected why both this and the precursor Engineering Mathematics by KA Stroud are such excellent books but suffice to say it enabled me to attain a 1st in my mathematics class. For students out there who need a clear and simple approach to complex mathematics for Engineering then I highly recommend this book. It is written in such a way that all you need to do is work through the exercises and you are almost guaranteed to get a good grade. My respects and thanks to K A Stroud, a genius in the method of teaching.

This along with Stroud's other book "Engineering Mathematics" really do seem to be the only pure math books an engineering undergrad needs. Very well written and just enough hand holding to get you up and running quickly, but not so much as to stunt your progress.My only issues with these books is that they're British and as such use <some> different terminology making it slightly difficult to find certain techniques at times. The other complaint I have (tongue in cheek) is that this makes it all the more annoying to have purchased about a thousand dollars worth of math texts when this is really all I needed. Further proof that the textbook industry is a scam.Seriously though, if you think you <might> need something like this, buy THIS BOOK and it's companion. They're that good.

I purchased this book after having purchased, read and enjoyed two of Stroud's other books on Complex Variables and Differential Equations. Based on the excellent quality of those two books I purchased Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Stroud and Booth. I was not disappointed. I can describe the book in two words. "Simply Outstanding". I really like Stroud's approach. He writes tutorials that are easily read and understood. The format of his books takes some getting used to but the content and the way it is presented couldn't be better. This particular book is organized such that it can easily be used as an desk top reference. This is because most of the chapters or "programmes" as Stroud calls them, are either stand alone or are part of a two or three chapter set that can be treated as stand alone references to a particular subject. Knowing what I know now, would I purchase this book again? The answer is yes, the money was well spent.

This book is the sequel to Stroud's excellent "Engineering Mathematics", which focused on the undergraduate engineer and the math that he/she should know by graduation. This book continues on with crystal-clear discussions of numerical methods, linear algebra including the singular value decomposition and its uses, linear programming methods, multiple integration, and partial differential equations, to name a few of the topics covered. Just because the mathematics is more advanced in this book does not mean that it is any less clear than its less advanced predecessor. Stroud continues his tradition of holding your hand and leading you through every question you might have about working various types of math problems. I particularly liked his coverage of partial differential equations and numerical linear algebra topics. That is because it is hard to find advanced math books on these topics that are not written by pure mathematicians. Thus most of those books have a tendency to go overboard on proofs and not focus on the practical matters engineers must know in order to solve problems. The only negative thing I can say about the book is that it references Stroud's other book on engineering math, "Engineering Mathematics", during some of the explanations, possibly putting you at a disadvantage if you don't have it handy. I highly recommend this book as a reference every engineer should own.NOTE: For some strange reason this review of "Advanced Engineering Mathematics" is appearing under that book and also "Vector Analysis" by the same authors. This is NOT a review of "Vector Analysis", just to clear up any confusion!