Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Great book, very to the point with no extra fluff which I appreciate. The book problems are very general and are purely mathematical. The examples are actually really interesting to work out for the reader. As high level engineering textbooks go, this one is a keeper

When I was in school I disliked this book. Looking back, I realize I just had the wrong approach to it. Now that I've taken my studies into my own hands, I'm no longer bound by the textbook choice of my professors. Consequently, I've looked through a lot of different books (though certainly not all) to find one I liked the best. I was both surprised and delighted to settle on Kreyszig's book. What I like about Kreyszig's teaching style is that he doesn't (typically) leave anything out. He's very good at providing the motivation for things, so you have some idea of how you might arrive to the mathematical developments on your own. His writing style is moderately informal, which I enjoy for how it gives further insight into how the material can be understood. And he typically moves along at a pretty good pace—at least, one that I'm personally comfortable with. But if I try to understand everything on my first read through a section, I wind up confused and dazed. I have to be willing to leave some ideas unsettled and trust that he'll address them later—and as far as I've seen, that trust has not been in vain. My earlier problem with the book was that I would get to a place where I didn't understand it, where I got lost, and I just stopped reading any further or spent a tremendous amount of energy trying to figure out what I couldn't understand. Well, that's not the way to read Kreyszig's book, and so I hope this review can save some people that trouble. You just have to allow him to develop the idea completely and not stop for questions until you get to the end of the section—then re-read or skim through the section's problems to see if that might help clear things up. I also really like the exercises and problems he has in this book, which is rare for me because I hated doing problems when I was in school and felt like I was wasting my time. Kreyszig has a good way of asking you to consider why he might be asking you to do a problem, and to get you to see extensions and interconnections of ideas. So I never feel like I'm wasting my time with his problems; I feel that there are valuable gems to be found in them. All in all, out of all (of the limited set) of textbooks that I've looked at, I think I trust and enjoy Kreyszig's the most for my personal education, because it seems just about everything is there if you're willing to consider all the material he presents. He's good at showing you where you came from and where you might be going with the material in the future, and develops ideas in an informal enough manner that it feels more like sitting in a professor's office for a genuine and candid discussion of the subject, rather than sitting in a boring and disjoint lecture. His book doesn't seem to suffer in the way that some textbooks do by making the reader think there's only one way to develop an idea. (As an aside, I sometimes prefer Apostol's Calculus for how he discusses and develops ideas honestly and candidly, but at the end of the day I keep going back to Kreyszig for my primary reading.) I would encourage anyone who dislikes this book to take a step back and reconsider, as I have. Regarding the Kindle edition, I actually really like the Kindle edition of this book. Unlike a lot of Kindle books, it's presented in a textbook format where a page is a page—the text isn't free-floating and doesn't suffer from continually being rearranged spatially at the whims of a text engine. This helps me a lot in studying because I can maintain a spatial awareness of where some material is, much like an actual textbook. I've found this to be nearly invaluable for complex subjects. I have a regular sized iPad and it works nice for this, but I can imagine that it would be a little more difficult to read on an iPad mini or any tablet of similar size. It's also a very beautifully done textbook, in my opinion. I hope this helps!

I've used Kreyszig's Advanced Engineering Mathematics in two classes, one a course on Laplace and Fourier series and transforms, the other a course on complex analysis and advanced vector calculus for engineers. The book has straightforward, easy to follow exposition, clear examples, and an appropriate amount of detail (important results are proved, but without the full rigor one would get in a complex analysis course for mathematicians.) The book would be five stars save for the occasional error in the problem sets and answers in the back - they are not frequent enough to ruin the book, but the happen often enough to warrant double checking "strange" results with the instructor. All in all, it is more than adequate for learning the portions we have covered.

As described. Needed for an engineering class. Books in general are too expensive.

Horrible book. The author is lazy and as another reviewer said: we don't have time to spend hours trying to unravel what is going on. Textbooks are for learning yet this book assumes you already know it all. Books like these should not be allowed to be used as textbooks in any learning institution. The only thing worse than the book is the solutions manual. The manual only covers a select few odd problems from each section (4/15 at best). The preface to the manual justifies not explaining all odd problems by saying that it goes into great detail and shows all intermediate steps. This a a flat out lie. On section 1.2 there are 20 problems and it gives you the answer(barely) to two of them. Worst textbook ever. May have some value as a reference after you are out of school but this book has no business in a classroom.

The book is more scientific than actual math. Contains thorough problems relating to science (not just engineering). The book explains the concept but the problems that are assigned are not thoroughly explained unlike Calc solutions. For Physics, Chemistry, and Bio majors this is the best book out there but for engineers this book is little complicated. Solution manual is also useless; it doesn't tell you how they got answers but just posted it. For HM solutions, go to TA, talk to prof or form a group study.

Delivered in time. A good book for Engineering students.

This book was required for my EML4313 Intermediate Engineering Analysis class. We started in CH 11. I soon realized that the first 10 chapters were a wonderful, concise review on all of the math proceeding this level (calc 1 - diff eq and linear algebra). It is clear and concise with short sections and great examples. I wish more books could be written like this. I have found a few vague definitions, but that is the only thing I can think of to improve this book.

Cuprinol, does what it says on the book

Paper and print quality are too bad.

Un texto completo y acorde de modelado y aplicaciones de las matemáticas posteriores al calculo a problemas de ingeniería, siendo su aspecto didáctico y metodológico muy apropiado para la enseñanza autodidacta.

Parfait, une fraction du prix pour le même livre vendue en université

旧版の日本語訳（培風館）を読んで、その親切な内容に感心していました。しかし原著で新版が出ていることを知り、買いました。何という豊富で網羅的な内容でしょうか。応用数学の重要な論点のうち、現在において重要な内容をほぼ全部収録しています。しかも分かりやすい。センスの良い図が多くあり、読者の理解を助けます。数学の分野の専門書における一つの頂点と言えます。ただ、本書のグローバルエディションを買ってはいけません。内容はオリジナルと同じと言いながら、印刷の悪さ・汚さがひどいです。（今の時代にこんな粗末なものが流通しているとは想像していませんでした。）オリジナルではカラーで数式を強調しているのに、グロ－バルエディションでは汚く網掛けをしているので実に読みにくい。値段が安かったので始めこれを買いましたが、あまりにひどいのでこれは返品し、結局オリジナルを買い直しました。どうか皆さんもこの点に気をつけてください。