Mathematics for Mechanical Engineers gives mechanical engineers easy access to essential problem solving tools. It includes thorough sections on partial differential equations, approximation methods, and numerical methods, often used in applications. The guide reviews statistics relevant to engineering applications for analyzing data and making inferences, so professionals can extract useful information even with the presence of randomness and uncertainty. This convenient book is an indispensable summary of mathematics processes needed by engineers. TOC:Tables.- Linear Algebra and Matrices.- Vector Algebra and Calculus.- Difference Equations.- Differential Equations.- Integral Equations.- Approximation Methods.- Integral Transforms.- Calculus of Variations.- Optimization Methods.- Engineering Statistics.- Numerical Methods.- Experimental Uncertainty Analysis.- Chaos.- Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic.