About Vectors
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Book Overview
No calculus needed, but this is not an elementary book. Introduces vectors, algebraic notation and basic ideas, vector algebra, and scalars. Covers areas of parallelograms, triple products, moments, angular velocity, areas and vectorial addition, and more. Concludes with discussion of tensors. Includes 386 exercises.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0486604896
ISBN13:9780486604893
Release Date:June 1975
Publisher:Dover Publications
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.49 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 5.6" x 8.1"
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everything you ever wanted to know about vectors
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
About Vectors begins by setting forth the goal of defining vectors. The author then shows that there are problems with any definition of vectors. For example when are two vectors equal? When they have the same magnitude and direction, but what if one of those vectors is a free vector and the other a bound vector? After raising questions about what constitutes a vector the author goes through vector algebra. He is very thorough. The book cumulates in an introduction to quaternions and tensors. Throughout the book the author raises questions similar to the one above. I found this book very useful for learning both the algebra of vectors and also the ideas behind them. I highly recommend this book for anyone who needs to learn about vector algebra.
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