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All right. I haven't really thought of verifying with Wolfram Alpha. Yes that should confirm, I don't know, just my professor said that and I wasn't sure. Thank you anyways!

I set z = x + iy for real numbers x and y, and then did the calculation.

I tried the following proof and got -2 < x < -1 and y = 0 but my prof said that there should be something else I am missing. I have no idea what that is. Thank you.

Many people suggested that mathematics is really crucial and that the OP has to get a solid foundation of high school maths, physics, chemistry. That is definitely true. But nobody isn't quite suggesting the detailed methodology about how to get to that level of understanding. I'm going to focus...

As an engineer who is greatly interested in maths methods in physics, I will leave some comments. Both are anyway intended to provide students with sufficient mathematical background for learning their majors. So the greatest difference should come from the applications. Different emphases on...

Your answer actually gave me a lot of inspiration - "the grass is always greener on the other side". I never thought by any chance that physicists would intentionally read engineering texts. Then they are really like complementary things. In the original post I kind of criticised engineering...

Trigonometry in itself indeed has very limited use, so I recommend learning trigonometry through encountering applications. Two different types of such applications - a purely geometric one and a physical one. For the geometric application aspect, it's best to solve difficult geometry problems...

There are many core subjects that engineering and physics share, i.e. statics, dynamics, thermodynamics and electromagnetics. As an engineering student, I obviously read engineering textbooks for the above-mentioned subjects, and (because of my strong feeling of interest) physics undergraduate...

I found this forum and registered a few minutes ago, and the atmosphere here is so relaxing and comfortable (unlike Stack Exchange where people look like they are hungry to beat each other up) Luv it :)

Hi, actually I don't know well about aerospace engineering (sounds cool though), but I have a maths book that I would definitely recommend to anybody doing an undergraduate or graduate course in science or engineering. "Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering" by K. F. Riley, M. P...