Vectors and Their Applications (eBook)

Anthony J. Pettofrezzo (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
144 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-14889-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Geared toward undergraduate students, this text illustrates the use of vectors as a mathematical tool in plane synthetic geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry, and analytic geometry of 2- and 3-dimensional space.

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Geared toward undergraduate students, this text illustrates the use of vectors as a mathematical tool in plane synthetic geometry, plane and spherical trigonometry, and analytic geometry of two- and three-dimensional space. Its rigorous development includes a complete treatment of the algebra of vectors in the first two chapters.Among the text's outstanding features are numbered definitions and theorems in the development of vector algebra, which appear in italics for easy reference. Most of the theorems include proofs, and coordinate position vectors receive an in-depth treatment. Key concepts for generalized vector spaces are clearly presented and developed, and 57 worked-out illustrative examples aid students in mastering the concepts. A total of 258 exercise problems offer supplements to theories or provide the opportunity to reinforce the understanding of applications, and answers to odd-numbered exercises appear at the end of the book.

Inhalt

1. Elementary Operations 1.1 Scalars and Vectors 1.2 Equality of Vectors 1.3 Vector Addition and Subtraction 1.4 Multiplication of a Vector by a Scalar 1.5 LInear Dependence of Vectors 1.6 Applications of Linear Dependence 1.7 Position Vectors2. Products of Vectors 2.1 The Scalar Product 2.2 Applications of the Scalar Product 2.3 Circles and Lines on a Coordinate Plane 2.4 Translation and Rotation 2.5 Orthogonal Bases 2.6 The Vector Product 2.7 Applications of the Vector Product 2.8 The Scalar Triple Product 2.9 The Vector Triple Product 2.10 Quadruple Products 2.11 Quaternions3. Planes and Lines in Space 3.1 Direction Cosines and Numbers 3.2 Equation of a Plane 3.3 Equation of a Sphere 3.4 Angle Between Two Planes 3.5 Distance Between a Point and a Plane 3.6 Equation of a Line 3.7 Skew Lines 3.8 Distance Between a Point and a LineBibliography for ReferenceAnswers for Odd-Numbered ExercisesIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.12.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Books on Mathematics
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Analysis
• ISBN-10: 0-486-14889-0 / 0486148890
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-14889-2 / 9780486148892