Mathematical Techniques: Solutions Manual

DW Jordan & P Smith

School of Computing and Mathematics, Keele University, Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG, UK
(email: p.smith@maths.keele.ac.uk)

This manual contains all answers and solutions of the end-of-chapter problems in
Mathematical Techniques (4th edition): by D W Jordan & P Smith, Oxford University Press,
2008
The website contains solutions of over 3000 end-of-chapter problems, including 273 figures. The
solutions are grouped by the chapters, listed below, within the seven parts of the book: each part
is self-contained on the website. The authors would be grateful for any corrections, and for any
comments which might improve the problems and their solutions. The solutions can be freely used
or downloaded from this website but the authors would be grateful for acknowledgement where
substantial use is made of the material.
Part I: Elementary methods, differentiation, complex numbers
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Standard functions and techniques

Differentiation
Further techniques for differentiation
Applications of Differentiation
Taylor Series and approximations
Complex numbers

Part II: Matrix and vector algebra

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7: Matrix algebra
8: Determinants
9: Elementary operations with vectors
10: The scalar product
11: Vector product
12: Linear algebraic equations
13: Eigenvalues and eigenvectors

Part III: Integration and differential equations

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Antidifferentiation and area

The definite and indefinite integral
Applications involving the integral as a sum
Systematic techniques for integration
Unforced linear differential equations with constant coefficients
Forced linear differential equations
Harmonic functions and the harmonic oscillator
Steady forced oscillations: phasors, impedance, transfer functions
Graphical, numerical, and other aspects of first-order equations
Nonlinear differential equations and the phase plane

Part IV: Transforms and Fourier series

Chapter 24: The Laplace transform
Chapter 25: Laplace and z transforms: applications
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Chapter 26: Fourier series

Chapter 27: Fourier transforms
Part V: Multivariable calculus
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Differentiation of functions of two variables

Functions of two variables: geometry and formulae
Chain rules, restricted maxima, coordinate systems
Functions of any number of variables
Double integration
Line integrals
Vector fields: divergence and curl

Part VI: Discrete mathematics

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Sets
Boolean algebra: logic gates and switching functions
Graph theory and its applications
Difference equations

Part VII: Probability and statistics

Chapter 39: Probability
Chapter 40: Random variables and probability distributions
Chapter 41: Descriptive statistics