Schaum's Outline of Basic Mathematics for Electricity and Electronics

Students can turn to this personal tutor to learn the basic mathematics they need as background for understanding electricity and electronics.

They'll build their skills solving problems from following the hundreds of problems with detailed solutions.

The handy appendixes give conversion factors, a table of American wire gauges, natural trigonometric functions and more, making this an excellent reference.

Table of contents:

Basic Electricity and Algebra.

Fractions, Decimals, and Percentage.

Power and Energy.

Powers of 10 and Logarithms.

Resistance and Wire Size.

Series Circuits.

Parallel Circuits.

Simultaneous Equations and Kirchhoff's Rules.

Network Theorems.

Inductance.

Capacitance.

Trigonometry and Vectors.

Alternating Current.

American Wire Gage Tables.

Appendices:

A: Conversion Factors.

B: American Wire Gage Tables.

C: Table of Allowable Current Carrying Capacities (ampacities) of Copper Conductors.

D: Four-Place Logarithms.

E: Natural Trigonometric Functions.

Softcover
224 Pages