Aeronautical Engineering/math

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is maths really important for aeronautical engineering?if yes what topics in maths are important? thank you

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Yes Raunak - math is very important in all engineering fields.  The topics include algebra, geometry, calculus, ordinary differential equations, partial differential equations, probability, statistics, number theory, trig, complex variables, set theory, matrix analysis, vector analysis, and probably many more that I have forgotten.

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38 years as research engineer at NASA

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AIAA, NASA

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B.S. and M.S. Aeronautical Engineering - U. of Washington Graduate work Standford U.

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AIAA Associate Fellow (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)

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