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There are three important elements that distinguish this from other applied mathematics books. Firstly, the authors integrate mathematics with engineering problems into a capstone undergraduate mathematics course at first year level. Thus, engineering problems are central to this book and mathematics is used as a tool to describe, model, and subsequently find solutions to these problems. Secondly, the book is written using Computer-Aided Solver (CAS). The software is integrated with the lecture materials as well as the problems. CAS is not used to check answers or verify equations, but rather to assist students in solving problems. The book can be used in a traditional environment, where the students are a relatively passive audience, however, this book is extremely suitable and efficient in active collaborative engineering programs that implement the studio approach, or integrative multimedia courseware. Thirdly, an important aspect of using CAS in mathematics is the way solutions are found and expressed. Many teachers who use this technology will need to place more emphasis on concepts such as the step function and the Dirac delta function, when finding solutions to equations. In some cases, using CAS will require altering traditional methods of solution.

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