Reading Assignment: Tippens Ch. 1, section 2 reviews algebra. Graphing and geometry are covered in Ch. 1, sections 5 and 6.


We discuss the solutions to Homework 1 (page 1, page 2)
Today's lecture begins with a brief discussion of the importance of mathematics in physics (1, 2). We continue covering mathematical preliminaries with a review of algebra (1, 2, 3) and also begin our discussion of graphing.

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