[.ca] Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Mathematica Computer Guide (ISBN 047172646X)

a great book for slackers:
A great overview of the mathematics needed for electrical engineering (and probably other areas of engineering too). Reading this text has taught me enough to get by in all my introductory graduate level courses. More importantly, it covers enough that I can look up and understand something on any topic which isn't really covered in detail in this text (which is all of them). I wouldn't recommend this textbook for someone who has a strong background in engineering mathematics, as it only provides a basic overview of the topics covered.

Terrible Book:
Kreyszig obviously knows what he is talking about, but lacks showing it. It is hard to beleive that Mathematics book so thick has examples that miss complex steps, simply because these steps are deemed 'elementry' by Kreyszig's mathematic standards. The examples are workable, but they only take a few hours of analysing and calculating the multiple lines of mathematics he Kreyszig didn't feel like entering

Survey Book of Engineering Mathematics:
This book is designed to be taught as part of a year long survey course covering those topics in Mathematics most often used by engineers. It is not, nor does claim to be, a definative text of all engineering mathematics. This book is generally used as part of a review course in first year graduate level engineering mathematics. It is expected that you have seen these topics before in a formal course. If you are looking for a book with a more in depth treatment of one or all of the subjects covered in this book, look for something published by Springer Verlag and expect to pay out a lot more money. If you are looking for a good introductory book then look for the Engineering Mathematics books by K.A. Stroud. They are elementary in there treatment and leave the proofs for the student to do. However, no formal knowledge of the subject is required and the reader is introduced to each subject in a simple easy to read format. Finally, A good overall book for upper level undergraduate and first year graduate students in any science discipline is Basic Training in Mathematics by Shankar.

Good Reference Guide:
This book does provide students, who have taken a first course in differential equations, a good look at Fourier Analysis, Boundary Value Problems, and partial differential equations; however, you might wish to obtain a working knowledge of linear algebra before using this book for the before-mentioned reasons - the chapters dealing with linear algebra (six and seven) are awesome for review, but horrible for the beginning student. Other than that, the book is a good resource when it comes to the review chapters on ordinary differential equations, multivariable calculus, probability, etc... This is a recommended book for the engineer who likes to review math on those boring summer days...

Excellent:
I'm Civilian Engineering and I should admit I love this book. My thesis advisor owns one and I've used it several times. This is not a book for Mathematics, it's for engineers; you'll find whatever you're looking for, but don't expect a whole theory about topics, just the essentials of them. You can find topics from Calculus, Linear Algebra, Probability and so on. I recomend this book to engineers as a consult book, you'll find quick answer to your problems. For students is a must-have which will help you really a lot.