About Engineering mathematics
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Engineering mathematics is a branch of applied mathematics concerning mathematical methods and techniques that are typically used in engineering and industry. Along with fields like engineering physics and engineering geology (both of which may belong in the wider category engineering science), engineering mathematics is an interdisciplinary subject motivated by engineers' needs both for practical, theoretical and other considerations outwith their specialization, and to deal with constraints to be effective in their work.
Engineering mathematics at tertiary level typically consists of mathematical methods and models courses, and books on the topic are extremely popular.
In the English-speaking world, "Engineering mathematics" (or some variant thereof) is the name of several bestselling university textbooks on the subject. In 2013, a search for books containing the phrase 'engineering mathematics' on amazon.com and Google Books, produced more than 192,729 and 457,000 items respectively. However there is some dissension to this viewpoint as to whether or not this is all that constitutes the subject.
