MATH 249-02 Questions about Reading

Last updated 8/18/08

Section Number
Date Assigned
Questions
12.1 9/3/08 No assigned questions.
12.2 9/3/08
  1. When are two vectors parallel?
  2. What is a unit vector?
12.3 9/5/08
  1. Why is there no associative law in Theorem 2?
  2. Will FOIL work for dot products?
  3. In the Corollary to Theorem 3, why are a and b required to be nonzero?
  4. Is (u.v)/|v| a vector or a scalar quantity?
12.4 9/8/08
  1. Is the cross product of two vectors a vector or a scalar quantity?
  2. In the proof of Theorem 6, how did they get from after the second equal sign to after the third equal sign?
10.1 9/10/08
  1. How does one parametrize a circle?
12.5 9/10/08
  1. What does an equation of a line look like in three dimensions? Why?
  2. What does an equation of a plane look like? Why? Does this fit with your conclusions for 1(c) on the 9/17/04 worksheet?
12.6 9/12/08
  1. Is a cylinder of finite height? Need it have a circular "base"?
  2. What is the primary tool for visualizing a surface (without technology)?
12.7 9/17/08
  1. Under what circumstances might cylindrical coordinates be more useful than our usual coordinates? Spherical?
  2. In spherical coordinates, what angle does the third coordinate measure?