Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook, Eighth Edition

Section 3: Mathematics

Overview

Bruce A. Finlayson, Ph.D. Rehnberg Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington; Member, National Academy of Engineering (Section Editor, numerical methods and all general material)

Lorenz T. Biegler, Ph.D. Bayer Professor of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University (Optimization)

MATHEMATICS

General

3-3

Miscellaneous Mathematical Constants

3-4

The Real-Number System

3-4

Algebraic Inequalities

3-5

MENSURATION FORMULAS

Plane Geometric Figures with Straight Boundaries

3-6

Plane Geometric Figures with Curved Boundaries

3-6

Solid Geometric Figures with Plane Boundaries

3-7

Solids Bounded by Curved Surfaces

3-7

Miscellaneous Formulas

3-8

Irregular Areas and Volumes

3-8

ELEMENTARY ALGEBRA

Operations on Algebraic Expressions

3-8

The Binomial Theorem

3-9

Progressions

3-9

Permutations, Combinations, and Probability

3-10

Theory of Equations

3-10

ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

Plane Analytic Geometry

3-11

Solid Analytic Geometry

3-13

PLANE TRIGONOMETRY

Angles

3-16

Functions of Circular Trigonometry

3-16

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

3-17

Relations between Angles and Sides of Triangles

3-17

Hyperbolic Trigonometry

3-18

Approximations for Trigonometric Functions

3-18

DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL CALCULUS

Differential Calculus

3-18

Multivariable Calculus Applied to Thermodynamics

3-21

Integral Calculus

3-22

INFINITE SERIES

Definitions

3-25

Operations with Infinite Series

3-25

Tests for Convergence and Divergence

3-26

Series Summation and Identities

3-26

COMPLEX VARIABLES

Algebra

3-27

Special Operations

3-27

Trigonometric Representation

3-27

Powers and Roots

3-27

Elementary Complex Functions

3-27

Complex Functions (Analytic)

3-28

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Ordinary Differential Equations

3-29

Ordinary Differential Equations of the First Order

3-30

Ordinary Differential Equations of Higher Order

3-30

Special Differential Equations

3-31

Partial Differential Equations

3-32

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS

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