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Reading
Read what we will cover in class on Monday:
1.1 and the handout
When reading 1.1 pay special attention to the following concepts:
- 3-D cartesian coordinates, origin, axes, octants, coordinate planes, the observations
about plotting and viewing 3-D pictures, the distance formula, linear equations and planes,
spheres, cylinders, parabloids, orientation (right-hand vs left-hand).
When reading the handout pay special attention to the following concepts:
- cylindrical coordinates, the "conversion" equations, the basic pictures,
spherical coordinates (note the restrictions on rho and phi),
the "conversion" equations, the basic pictures.
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