ABSTRACT
Greek Alphabet ........................................................................................................................... II-3
International System of Units (SI) ........................................................................................... II-3
Definitions of SI Base Units
Names and Symbols for the SI Base Units
SI Derived Units with Special Names and Symbols
Units in Use Together with the SI
Conversion Constants and Multipliers ................................................................................... II-6
Recommended Decimal Multiples and Submultiples
Conversion Factors-Metric
to English
Conversion Factors-English to Metric
Conversion Factors-General
Temperature Factors
Conversion of Temperatures
Physical Constants ....................................................................................................................... II-8
General
p Constants
Constants Involving e
Numerical Constants
Symbols and Terminology for Physical and Chemical Quantities ...................................... II-9
Classical Mechanics
Electricity and Magnetism
Electromagnetic Radiation
Solid State
Credits ........................................................................................................................................ II-13
Probability for Electrical and Computer Engineers Charles W. Therrien ..................... II-14
The Algebra of Events
Probability
An Example
Conditional Probability
and Bayes’ Rule
Communication Example
THE GREATACHIEVEMENTS in engineering deeply affect the lives of all of us and also serve to remind us of
the importance of mathematics. Interest in mathematics has grown steadily with these engineering
achievements and with concomitant advances in pure physical science. Whereas scholars in nonscientific
fields, and even in such fields as botany, medicine, geology, etc., can communicate most of the problems and
results in nonmathematical language, this is virtually impossible in present-day engineering and physics. Yet it
is interesting to note that until the beginning of the twentieth century, engineers regarded calculus as
something of a mystery. Modern students of engineering now study calculus, as well as differential equations,
complex variables, vector analysis, orthogonal functions, and a variety of other topics in applied analysis. The
study of systems has ushered in matrix algebra and, indeed, most engineering students now take linear algebra
as a core topic early in their mathematical education.
