Syllabus Guidance
This textbook is written forundergraduate engineering degree and foundation degree courses;
however, it is also most appropriate forHNC/D studiesand three syllabuses are covered.
The appropriate chapters for these three syllabuses are shown in the table below.
Chapter Analytical Further Engineering
Methods Analytical Mathematics
for Methods for
Engineers Engineers
- Algebra ×
- Partial fractions ×
- Logarithms ×
- Exponential functions ×
- Hyperbolic functions ×
- Arithmetic and geometric progressions ×
- The binomial series ×
- Maclaurin’s series ×
- Solving equations by iterative methods ×
- Binary, octal and hexadecimal ×
- Introduction to trigonometry ×
- Cartesian and polar co-ordinates ×
- The circle and its properties ×
- Trigonometric waveforms ×
- Trigonometric identities and equations ×
- The relationship between trigonometric and hyperbolic ×
functions - Compound angles ×
- Functions and their curves ×
- Irregular areas, volumes and mean values of waveforms ×
- Complex numbers ×
- De Moivre’s theorem ×
- The theory of matrices and determinants ×
- The solution of simultaneous equations by matrices and ×
determinants - Vectors ×
- Methods of adding alternating waveforms ×
(Continued)