1st Edition

Foundation Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists with Worked Examples

By Shefiu Zakariyah Copyright 2024
    606 Pages 140 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    606 Pages 140 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Foundation Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists with Worked Examples covers fundamental topics in mathematics required for science and engineering disciplines. It is primarily designed to provide a comprehensive, straightforward and step-by-step presentation of mathematical concepts to engineers, scientists and general readers. It moves from simple to challenging areas, with carefully tailored worked examples also of different degrees of challenge. Mathematical concepts are deliberately linked with appropriate engineering applications to reinforce their value and are aligned with topics taught in major overseas curriculums. This book is written primarily for students at levels 3 and 4 (typically in the early stages of a degree in engineering or a related discipline) or for those undertaking foundation, access, Higher National Certificate (HND), International Foundation Year (IFY), and International Year One (IYO) courses with math modules. It consists of seven parts:

    Part I: Basic concepts in Mathematics

    Part II: Coordinate Geometry

    Part III: Algebraic Expression and Equations

    Part IV: Surds

    Part V: Indices and Logarithms

    Part VI: Polynomials

    Part VII: Trigonometry

    Each chapter is devoted to a topic and can be used as a stand-alone guide with no prior knowledge assumed. Further practice material for each chapter is available online.

    1. Fundamental Arithmetic.

    2. Fraction, Decimal and Percentage.

    3. Algebraic Expression.

    4. Coordinate Geometry I.

    5. Coordinate Geometry II.

    6. Algebraic Equations I.

    7. Algebraic Equations II.

    8. Surds.

    9. Polynomials.

    10. Inequalities.

    11. Indices.

    12. Logarithms.

    13. Indicial Equations.

    14. Triangle, Sine and Cosine Rule.

    15. Circle.

    Appendix.

    Glossary.

    Biography

    Shefiu Zakariyah is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a senior member of IEEE (SMIEEE), with over a decade experience in teaching, content development and assessment, and technical training and consulting.