Tools and Concepts You'll Need for Physics 313

Mathematical Tools

• vectors: magnitude and direction
• "hat" notation
• dot product of two vectors
• cross or vector product of two vectors
• sine, cosine, tangent
• area of simple shapes: rectangle, circle, triangle
• surface area of simple solids: sphere, box, cylinder
• volume of simple solids: sphere, box, cylinder
• derivatives and integrals of simple functions:
  • polynomials
  • exponentials
  • logarithms
  • sine, cosine
• line integrals
• surface integrals
• volume integrals

Physical concepts (remember Physics 311!)

• 1-D motion: displacement, velocity, acceleration
• kinematics under uniform acceleration
• 2-D projectile motion
• force and accleration
• kinetic energy, potential energy
• conservation of energy
• conservative vs. non-conservative forces
• work, force and energy
• torque

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