Chiang VS. Hammond

[Ashima]

Which is better?

Or are both to be done?

Or some sections from both?

Please help! :(

[The Villain]

Hammond is the main book.
first do hammond ,if you have time then you can do chiang also.

[Ashima]

Hammond is very descriptive and huge!

Is Chiang a substitute to it?

[The Villain]

I knw Hammond is quite exhaustive...do the main chaps first..
chiang is good for linear algebra.

[Akshay Jain]

Actually both thw books are imp....
1st read chiang....dnt practice anythin.....just read as if u readin a story....give 2-3 days to dat...chapters to b covered are dere in study guide
after dat switch to hammond for practice....
acc. To me dis approach vl surely help u to get hold of maths concepts as just bieng able to solve questions is not enough, u hav to get intuition as well

[Ashima]

Thank you Akshay :p

[kangkan]

Hi Akshay..shoulld i do optimal control theory from chiang?

[Akshay Jain]

No need to do dat

[Akshay Jain]

Ur welcome Ashima...

[Anjali]

Hi Akshay could you highlight important topics from Chiang ?
Iam following RS Bharadwaj , with necessary areas from Hammond . What's your take ?
And is there any solution book for Hammond ?

[Akshay Jain]

I followed hammond just for questions and rs bhardwaj also has a whole variety of questions...so following a mix of both is  good strategy...
 chaptrs to be dne from chiang are 1 to 12(3rd edition) nd 1-13(4th edition)...

[Anjali]

I just have 3rd edition ?
Even , if I follow Hammond , what's the point when I don't have answers ? Hammond is really boring !

[Ashima]

I agree. Even I dont have answers.

And Hammond is really boring.

[SoniaKapoor]

lol...Hammond is a bit boring..but we have to do...

[Anjali]

Is Hammond mandatory from DSE point of view , or from the perspective of all entrances ? Because , since DSE is a part of du , they definitely include Hammond in their prerequisites. But what about other entrances ? There are so many non du students who must be following other guidelines. So in short topics and fundamentals matter or the fact that Hammond is mandatory , no matter what ?

[Akshay Jain]

Acc. to me chiang is mandatory for all entrances but i dnt think the same for hammond.
It wud be better if u do dat for DSE/ISI nd yeah its very boring....

[Anjali]

True Akshay !

[Nupur]

Hey, answers to Hammond are there in Scribd!

[Ashima]

Nupur : What is Scribd? I am hearing it for the first time :(

[The Villain]

It is a website where you can find online material for many subjects...google it ..maybe u will get it