Mathematics and the education of electrical engineers

For much of his work, the ´scientific engineer´ needs to think in terms of abstract concepts rather than concrete devices, and from this point of view his natural language is mathematics, It therefore follows that mathematics should occupy a major place in the engineer´s college syllabus. Furthermore, the mathematics that engineering students study should include not only high-level conventional engineering mathematics but also a basic training in ´modern algebra´. The latter is necessary both to develop the student´s capacity to think in generalised abstract teems and to develop his facility to use certain aspects of modern algebra as a working tool for his engineering work