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I have a related question, so I'll piggyback: does anyone know a book or some materials on electronics for people with mathematics background? Where not only me

by krcz 9y ago

I have a related question, so I'll piggyback: does anyone know a book or some materials on electronics for people with mathematics background? Where not only methods of computations and formulas are given, but also explanations/derivations of these.

jlangemeier 9y ago
Your guess may be as good as anybody else's; I haven't seen anything so far, but as an Electrical Engineer by training the amount of times I've said "Wow, that's where that comes from" in my graduate Mathematics classes is a bit staggering.
jeffreyrogers 9y ago
I don't know of such a reference. It sounds like you're looking for an electromagnetism textbook. In practice most circuit designers don't use very much math, since it is easier to design using common circuit blocks and heuristics.
- krcz 9y ago
  But still there are parts where mathematics is in use, as analogue filter design. I'd love to see something focused on that parts, but I'm afraid that there might be nothing like that.
fuzzfactor 9y ago
This one was a page turner for me, if you want to go back in time for audio or radio here's a representative page of RDH4 from 1957: https://archive.org/stream/RadioDesignersHandbook/LangfordSmith-RadioDesignersHandbook#page/n269/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/RadioDesignersHandbook/LangfordSm... Wouldn't have been possible without a slide rule. Then after basic magnetic circuit theory & transformers, there's a whole chapter of math reference, ends up where they wish they had computers: https://archive.org/stream/RadioDesignersHandbook/LangfordSmith-RadioDesignersHandbook#page/n343/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/RadioDesignersHandbook/LangfordSm... Which you are expected to be fluent in before you go forward from there. Through the remainder of this handy little 1540-page guide, enjoy 'em all.

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I have a related question, so I'll piggyback: does anyone know a book or some materials on electronics for people with mathematics background? Where not only me

by krcz 9y ago

jlangemeier 9y ago
Your guess may be as good as anybody else's; I haven't seen anything so far, but as an Electrical Engineer by training the amount of times I've said "Wow, that's where that comes from" in my graduate Mathematics classes is a bit staggering.
jeffreyrogers 9y ago
I don't know of such a reference. It sounds like you're looking for an electromagnetism textbook. In practice most circuit designers don't use very much math, since it is easier to design using common circuit blocks and heuristics.
- krcz 9y ago
  But still there are parts where mathematics is in use, as analogue filter design. I'd love to see something focused on that parts, but I'm afraid that there might be nothing like that.
fuzzfactor 9y ago
This one was a page turner for me, if you want to go back in time for audio or radio here's a representative page of RDH4 from 1957: https://archive.org/stream/RadioDesignersHandbook/LangfordSmith-RadioDesignersHandbook#page/n269/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/RadioDesignersHandbook/LangfordSm... Wouldn't have been possible without a slide rule. Then after basic magnetic circuit theory & transformers, there's a whole chapter of math reference, ends up where they wish they had computers: https://archive.org/stream/RadioDesignersHandbook/LangfordSmith-RadioDesignersHandbook#page/n343/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/RadioDesignersHandbook/LangfordSm... Which you are expected to be fluent in before you go forward from there. Through the remainder of this handy little 1540-page guide, enjoy 'em all.