Usually requires two full years of college-level material, and I'm not including algebra and trig as "college-level material," even though many students arrive at college with a weak grip on both of these.
In the outside world, knowing a few things well is worth more than having a passing acquaintance with everything. I once worked on a project that involved interpreting shadows in images of Mars surface. We knew the solar zenith angle and azimuth, and we knew the satellite's viewing angle, but we didn't know the slopes of the hillsides we were looking at, so to deduce the exact depth of an avalanche scar based on the width (in pixels) of the shadow cast in the depression was a tricky matter. No calculus here, and yet, the visualizations required by "Calculus III" were remarkably helpful. That stuff about vectors normal to tilted planes.
In a context of molecular spectroscopy, suddenly a physical problem gave rise to an infinite sequence of simultaneous differential equations. The Nobel Laureate involved in this work couldn't see the solution to the problem. I thought Laplace transforms might solve it. They did. The NL was impressed!
Ultimately you must be comfortable enough with your mathematical toolbox to be willing to use it in ways that you were never trained to use it. A lot of what appears to be research in science and engineering consists of considering an old problem but attacking it with a mathematical approach that hadn't occurred to your predecessors.
it depends. Most engineering you need calculus 1, 2, 3, differential equations, linear algebra and discrete mathematics if your are doing computer engineering. That is why most people minor in math. Just need like 2 to 3 more classes.
I'm a junior in a mechanical engineering program. I had to take calculus 1,2, and 3, Linear algebra, and differential equations. It isn't required for all, but in my sequence I will also take advanced mathematics for engineers and physicists 1 and 2. It is a lot of math but it is totally worth it if you are interested in the field.
Depends, as a software engineer I only needed calculus. Others can go up to maybe even requiring a math major.
Maths plays a major part in all branches of engineering -----electrical , mechanical and civil.
Trigonometry , Algebra and Calculus feature in these subjects.
What Math is needed in engineering?
