Optional Text:
Suggested Readings in the Lectures section of the course refers to the optional textbook for the course:
    Advanced Engineering Mathematics
    by Erwin Kreyszig
    John Wiley and Son Inc.
    9th Edition (New or used copies of the 7th or 8th Editions can be used as well)
    ISBN-13: 978-0-471-48885-9

    Textbooks may be ordered online from the Illini Union Bookstore at http://www.uofibookstore.uiuc.edu/ or Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/.

The Lectures for the course contain all of the information necessary to do the homework and exams. However, the optional text is an excellent source of additional reading and illustrative examples that you may purchase if you wish.


Once you are registered for this course, there are a few software requirements to consider. This software must be downloaded before you can effectively view and download the homework assignments or listen to the audio clips.

Minimum hardware and software requirements for participating in online courses are found on our System Requirements page.

While looking at the lectures, if you see mathematical characters replaced with other text-type characters or boxes, your computer does not have sufficient fonts to display all the mathematical characters. This link downloads onto your computer the True Type fonts necessary to see the correct characters.


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MathReader is a read-only version of Mathematica from Wolfram Research. If you have, or plan on purchasing, the Student Version of Mathematica for use with this course, you will not need MathReader. If you choose not to obtain a copy of the Student Version of Mathematica, then MathReader will allow you to view downloaded Optional Mathematica Programs. You can download MathReader from the MathReader Web site.




The student version of Mathematica is available from Wolfram Research. The student version of Mathematica is available from Wolfram Research at a discounted price for University of Illinois students. If Mathematica is installed on your computer, you can not only view the downloaded Optional Mathematica Programs and other Mathematica documents, but also you can create, modify and execute Mathematica programs and create documents of your own. It is available at: www.wolfram.com, or by calling Wolfram Research at (217) 398-0700.