The manuals are available in the Copy Centre and should be purchased as soon as possible.

Week 1

We began our study of Chapter 1, Vector Algebra by studying the difference between a scalar (single number) and a vector (list of numbers). We looked at how to both visualise vectors and describe them algebraically. We learned how to find the magnitude  and direction of a vector, add them and scalar multiply them. We spoke about displacement vectors and started talking about vector products: the dot product and the vector product.

We had a tutorial, where students were actually ahead of the lectures.

Week 2

In Week 2 we continue to talk about vector products.

Test 1

The test will probably be the Wednesday evening, 9 October, of Week 5. Official notice will be given in Week 3. There is a sample test in the notes.

Study

Please feel free to ask me questions about the exercises via email.

Student Resources

Please see  Student Resources for information on the Academic Learning Centre, etc.