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    Mathematics - 1T (Algebra)




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OHP transparencies
PDF Set #1 Definition of vector and the associated notation and terminology (negative of a vector, unit vector, etc). Use of representatives (directed line segments) to represent vectors. Vector arithmetic: addition & subtraction (Triangle Law, etc)
Ignore the first page.
PDF Set #2 More on vector arithmetic (multiplication by scalars). Parallel vectors, position ratio, position vectors, Section Formula, collinearity.
PDF Extra Lecture Worked examples for collinearity. Centroid of a triangle.
PDF Set #3 Coordinates in 1D, 2D and 3D. Components of vectors, vector arithmetic in component form (download Handout #1)
PDF Set #4 Equations of surfaces: planes, cylinders, spheres and lines (download Handout #2).
PDF Set #5 Equations of lines (vector/parametric/symmetric forms). Intersections between a line and a surface.
PDF Set #6 Intersections between 2 lines in 3D. Intersections between 2 planes (several important examples).
[More examples here]
PDF Set #7 Products and angles. Scalar and vector products (download Handout #3). Angles between two intersecting lines/planes.
[More examples here]
PDF Set #8 Exponential growth and decay
PDF Set #9 Logic and proof (I).
PDF Set #10 Logic and proof (II).
PDF Set #11 Mathematical induction.
PDF Set #12 Extra stuff on mathematical induction.
Two more examples here.
PDF Set #13 Principles of counting. Permutations and combinations (I).
PDF Set #14 Permutations and combinations (II). Pascal's triangle. The Binomial Theorem.
PDF Set #15 The Binomial Theorem and its applications (multiple angles to powers, powers to multiple angles).
An extra example here
PDF Set #16 Probability I.
PDF Set #17 Probability II.
PDF Set #18 Probability III.
PDF Set #19 Probability IV.
PDF Revision Exam syllabus+more stuff on intersections, etc.



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