MATH1131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tonne, Asteroid Family, Central Australia
3 Jun 2018
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INFORMATION FOR MATH,I 131 STUDENTS
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ALGtrBRA WEbAddreSS
The school's web address is: httpr/M.maths,unsw.edu.au
UNSW Moodle
Essenlial informalion concerning his course is accessible via
Abrxtt rue:
Na.uur: Dtrnir:l Ivlansfidd
Ernail: daniel.rna.nsfielcltOr-utsw.eclu.rnt
Office: RC-4070 (4th floor of the Red Centre)
Official siudent email 6ddress
Oficial informataon from the university, including this school, is sent to each student's unive6lty
email address: zSTUDENTNOrastudent.unsw.edu.au
Check lhis email account regularlyl Please ONLY use your univeBily email when conbcting
academic staff.
Assumed Knowledge
The "assumed knowledge" for this course is HSC l\,rlathematics Enension 1, wiih a combined mark
ofabout 100+/150.
Very good HSC Mathematics studenb, say with marks of85+/100, should be fine.
lfyou wish tufrer advjce see the Director of First Year, RC-3073 (in person).
On-Linc Tdorials
There will be a 12 online tutorials during the semester. Details are found in the lnformalion Booklet.
Please read this carefully. The fct online quizz is due at lhe end ofWeek 2 so you will need to be
ready for lhis.
lhtrcduction b Computing
There is a video available on Moodle that will give inskuctions on how b get staded on the
computing component ofthe course.
Tmo.ials
Tutorials stad in week 2 and run to week i3 -- regulaily check your timebble on myuNSWl You
will have a Caldlus futorial every second week and an Agebra futorial every se6ndweek.
CouEe Packs
All studenb are sfongly advised to buy the ll,,lathl 1 31 /1 141 Course Pack ftom the University
Bookshop.
T*tbooks
Students mightwish to delay buying tha Calculus texbook for a week orso.
READ the course INFORMATION BOOK
Iurportartt irfbrtuatiou itt trc pa,t'tit:ttlar orclex: 1 Introduction to Vectors
1. Call.ie "Danicl" 1.1 Geometric vectors
2' The yello,v book ]ras a' lot ,rore dr:tails tha. thtstr we first str.rrly vectors frcxl ., geonretric perspective.
notes. Definition 7.1. A point ris un'iquely identi,fiable place
\- 3. .A.sk irre qnestlons usirtg a lVlooclle fbnun (not ernail). in space.
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5. Crxrsrdtati.n tir,es: TBA. is what ({)nveys point A t<t poirrt B.
Definition L.2. A vector O:rt is a d,,irectedli,ne
segment from point A to ytoint B.
Aitrrrrtrtiverly. a, vec:tol v is a, clirctcti<xr rurcl length (and
only a directiorr ancl lcxrgth). The length by itself is de-
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