Math 8 Homework #25

The conclusion is inescapable that
even for a fixed and well-defined body of mathematical propositions,
mathematical thinking is, and must remain, essentially creative.
Emil Post

Reading

Read what we will cover in class on Monday: 1.2

When reading 1.2 pay special attention to the following concepts:

  • vectors in the plane, basic ideas and vocabulary, algebra with vectors, vector operations: addition, scalar multiplication, standard basis vectors, vectors in space.

Problems

The following problems are due by the beginning of class on Wednesday 3/3.
  • 1.1 : 1, 3, 7, 9.
  • handout : 2, 4, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20, 22, 26, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 49.