MATH 2401: WEEK 2
Topics for this week are:
- Curvilinear motion, velocity, and acceleration
- Angular momentum and planetary motion
Text coverage:
Sections 13.5 - 13.6 of Salas, Hille, and Etgen
Reference: These topics are also discussed in
Chapter 4, Derivatives,
of the Cain-Herod textbook.
Online resources:
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Maple Worksheets
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Parametric Curves: We use Maple to explain and visualize the
unit tangent, normal, curvature and other quantities associated
with a curve.
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Flying in the Wind : Suppose you wish to fly (in an airplane) from point A to point B
against the wind, this worksheet illustrates
basic vector calculations involved.
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A Water Whirl: The surface of a rotating fluid forms a
paraboloid. An application of this is the construction of
liquid mirror telescopes.
Last Modified:
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School of Mathematics,
Georgia Institute of Technology.