Math 8 Homework #26

The union of the mathematician with the poet,
fervor with measure, passion with correctness,
this surely is the ideal.
William James

Reading

Read what we will cover in class on Friday: 1.6, 1.8.

When reading 1.6 pay special attention to the following concepts:

  • dot product, Theorem 3, unit vectors, Theorem 4, and the fact on page 63, projections and components, normal vectors.
When reading 1.8 pay special attention to the following concepts:
  • cross product, perpendicular property, anti-commutativity, the matrix rendition, Theorem 7, geometric interpretation.

Problems

The following problems are due by the beginning of class on Friday 3/5.
  • handout : 51, 52, 53, 54.
  • 1.3 : 1, 4, 5, 9, 10.
  • 1.6 : 8, 9, 18, 37.