Seeking math resource guidance for Mechanical Engineering self-study

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if you are looking just to apply math in engineering, might i suggest you get an engineering math textbook

yes. i have two, in fact

K. A. Stroud's (Advanced) Engineering Mathematics (the Advanced book is separate), or

James and Dyke's (Advanced) Modern Engineering Mathematics (the Advanced book is again separate)

these two are very short on the derivation - they just throw you stuff with explanation on how to use them

so if your objective is to skip straight to the number bashing, these two pairs of books should be good for you

also, i agree with Stewart not covering multivariable and vector calc as much. it does cover a fair few topics, but Thomas' Calculus has it beat in rigor and depth

btw, this may be a better question for #book-recommendations in the future

more or less, yeah

i think tensors are a little higher up