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2.3 What does mod(z1z2) equal?

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mod(z1z2) = mod(z1) mod(z2)

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2.3 What does arg(z1z2) equal?

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arg(z1z2) = arg(z1) + arg(z2)

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2.3 What does mod(z1/z2) equal?

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mod(z1/z2) = mod(z1)/mod(z2)

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2.3 What does arg(z1/z2) equal?

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arg(z1/z2) = arg(z1) - arg (z2)

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3.1 What is the formula of the sum of the first n integers?

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Σ(r=1 -> n) r = ((1/2)n)(n+1)

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3.2 What is the formula for the sum of the first n squares?

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Σ (r=1 -> n) r^2 = ((1/6)n)(n+1)(2n+1)

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3.2 What is the formula for the sum of the first n cubes?

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((1/4)n^2)(n+1)^2

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3.1 Σ(r=1 -> n) (ar + b) = ?

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aΣ(r=1 -> n)r + bΣ(r=1 -> n)1

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4.1 What do the sum of 2 roots of a quadratic equal?

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α + β = -b/a

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4.1 What do the product of 2 roots of a quadratic equal?

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αβ = c/a

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4.2 What do the sum of 3 roots of a cubic equal?

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α + β + γ = -b/a

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4.2 What do the sum of all 3 of the pairs of products of a cubic equal?

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αβ + αγ + βγ = c/a

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4.2 What do the product of all 3 roots of a cubic equal?

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αβγ = -d/a

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4.3 What do the sum of 4 roots of a quartic equal?

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α + β + γ + δ = -b/a

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4.3 What do the sum of all 6 pairs of a quartic equal?

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αβ + αγ + αδ + βγ + βδ + γδ = c/a

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4.3 What do the sum of all 4 triples of a quartic equal?

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αβγ + αβδ + αγδ + βγδ = -d/a

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4.3 What does the product of all 4 roots of a quartic equal?

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αβγδ = e/a

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4.4 Give the rules for the sums of the reciprocals of the roots of a polynomial (quadratic, cubic, quartic)

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Quadratic: (1/α) + (1/β) = (α + β)/αβ

Cubic: (1/α) + (1/β) + (1/γ) = (Σαβ)/αβγ

Quartic: (1/α) + (1/β) + (1/γ) + (1/δ) = (Σαβγ)/αβγδ

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4.4 Give the rules for the products of powers of the roots of a polynomial (quadratic, cubic, quartic)

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Quadratic: (α^n)(β^n) = (αβ)^n

Cubic: (α^n)(β^n)(γ^n) = (αβγ)^n

Quartic: (α^n)(β^n)(γ^n)(δ^n) = (αβγδ)^n

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4.4 Give the rules of the sums of squares of the roots of a polynomial (quadratic, cubic, quartic)

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Quadratic: α^2 + β^2 = (α + β)^2 - 2αβ

Cubic: α^2 + β^2 + γ^2 = (α + β + γ)^2 - 2(αβ + αγ + βγ)

Quartic: α^2 + β^2 + γ^2 + δ^2 = (α + β + γ + δ)^2 -2(αβ + αγ + αδ + βγ + βδ + γδ)

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4.4 Give the rules of the sums of cubes of the roots of a polynomial (quadratic, cubic)

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Quadratic: α^3 + β^3 = (α + β)^3 - 3αβ(α + β)

Cubic: α^3 + β^3 + γ^3 = (α + β + γ)^3 - 3(α + β + γ)(αβ + αγ + βγ) + 3αβγ

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4.5 e.g. The cubic x^3 - 2x^2 + 3x - 4 = 0 has roots α, β, & γ, find the equation with roots 2α, 2β, and 2γ

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Let w = 2x
x = w/2

Substitute x = w/2 into the cubic, simplify until coefficients are integers

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5.1 What is the formula for the volume of a revolution around the x-axis?

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Volume = π∫(a->b)(y^2)dx

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5.2 What is the formula for the volume of a revolution around the y-axis?

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Volume = π∫(a->b)(x^2)dy

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5.3 What is the equation for the volume of a cylinder?
V = πr^2h
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5.3 What is the equation for the volume of a cone?
V = (1/3)πr^2h
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5.3 What is the equation for the volume of a sphere?
V = (4/3)πr^3
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7.1 What can any linear transformation be represented by?
A matrix
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7.1 What matrix can the linear transformation T:(x over y)->(ax + by over cx + dy)?
T=(TL(a), TR(b), BL(c), BR(d))
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7.2 What is an invariant line?
A line that doesn't move under a transformation
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7.2 What matrix represents the linear transformation of a reflection in the y-axis? Which points will be the invariant points? Which lines will be the invariant lines?
(TL(-1), BL(0), TR(0), BR(1)) Invariant points are all the points along the y-axis Invariant lines include x=0, and y=k (for any value of k)
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7.2 What matrix represents the linear transformation of a reflection in the x-axis? Which points will be the invariant points? Which lines will be the invariant lines?
(TL(1), BL(0), TR(0), BR(-1)) Invariant points are all the points along the x-axis Invariant lines include y=0, and x=k (for any value of k)
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7.2 What matrix represents the linear transformation of a reflection in the line y=x? Which points will be the invariant points? Which lines will be the invariant lines?
(TL(0), BL(1), TR(1), BR(0)) Points on the line y=x are invariant points Invariant lines include y=x and y=-x+k (for any value of k)
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7.2 What matrix represents the linear transformation of a reflection in the line y=-x? Which points will be the invariant points? Which lines will be the invariant lines?
(TL(0), BL(-1), TR(-1), BR(0)) Points on the line y=-x are invariant points Invariant lines include y=-x and y=x+k (for any value of k)
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7.2 What matrix represents the linear transformation of a rotation through angle θ clockwise about the origin? Which points will be the invariant points? Which lines will be the invariant lines?
(TL(cosθ), BL(sinθ), TR(-sinθ), BR(cosθ)) Only invariant point is the origin For θ≠180°, there are no invariant lines. For θ=180°, any line passing through the origin is invariant.
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7.3 What matrix represents a stretch/enlargement?
(TL(a), BL(0), TR(0), BR(b)) is a stretch with scale factor a in the x-direction and scale factor b in the y-direction In the case where a=b, it is an enlargement with scale factor a
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7.3 What are the invariant lines for the linear transformation of a stretch/enlargement in both directions?
x-axis and y-axis are invariant lines Origin is an invariant point
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7.3 For a stretch parallel to the x-axis only, what are the invariant points and invariant lines?
- Points on the y-axis are invariant points - Any line parallel to the x-axis is an invariant line
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7.3 For a stretch parallel to the y-axis only, what are the invariant points and invariant lines?
- Points on the x-axis are invariant points - Any line parallel to the y-axis is an invariant line
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7.3 For a linear transformation represented by 𝐌, what does det(𝐌) represent? What is this sometimes called?
det(𝐌) represents the scale factor for the change in area, sometimes called the area scale factor
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7.4 When considering two linear transformations represented by matrices P and Q, what does the matrix PQ represent?
The transformation Q, with matrix Q, followed by the transformation P, with matrix P
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7.5 What matrix represents a 3D transformation of a reflection in the plane x=0?
(TL(-1), TM(0), TR(0), ML(0), MM(1), MR(0), BL(0), BM(0), BR(1))
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7.5 What matrix represents a 3D transformation of a reflection in the plane y=0?
(TL(1), TM(0), TR(0), ML(0), MM(-1), MR(0), BL(0), BM(0), BR(1))
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7.5 What matrix represents a 3D transformation of a reflection in the plane z=0?
(TL(1), TM(0), TR(0), ML(0), MM(1), MR(0), BL(0), BM(0), BR(-1))
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7.5 What matrix represents a 3D transformation of a rotation of angle θ about the x-axis?
(TL(1), TM(0), TR(0), ML(0), MM(cosθ), MR(-sinθ), BL(0), BM(sinθ), BR(cosθ))
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7.5 What matrix represents a 3D transformation of a rotation of angle θ about the y-axis?
(TL(cosθ), TM(0), TR(sinθ), ML(0), MM(1), MR(0), BL(-sinθ), BM(0), BR(cosθ))
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7.5 What matrix represents a 3D transformation of a rotation of angle θ about the z-axis?
(TL(cosθ), TM(-sinθ), TR(0), ML(sinθ), MM(cosθ), MR(0), BL(0), BM(0), BR(1))
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7.6 What linear transformation is represented by the matrix A^(-1)?
The reversal of the transformation described by matrix A
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7.6 What linear transformations are self-inverse?
Reflections
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8.1 Describe the process for proof by induction
1. Basis - Prove the general statement is true for n=1 2. Assumption - Assume the general statement is true for n=k 3. Inductive - Show the general statement is then true for n=k+1 4. Conclusion - General statement is then true for all positive integers n
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8.1 What are the sentences to remember for proof by induction?
- When n=1 - therefore true for n=1 as RHS=LHS - Assume true for n=k - When n=k+1 - Hence true for n=k+1 - Since true for n=1, if true for n=k, then true for n=k+1, therefore true for all n
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8.2 How do you use proof by induction to prove divisibility results?
1. Show n=1 is true 2. Assume n=k is true: show f(k) 3. Show n=k+1 is true: show f(k+1) 4. Manipulate f(k+1) to = f(k) + a(x) where d is the multiple you are trying to show
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8.3 How do you use proof by induction with matrices?
1. Show n=1 is true 2. Assume n=k is true: show M^k 3. Show n=k+1 is true: multiply M^k by M
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9.1 What is the vector equation of a straight line passing through the point A with position vector 𝐚, and parallel to the vector 𝐛?
𝐫 = 𝐚 + λ𝐛
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9.1 What is the cartesian form of a vector equation?
If 𝐚 = (𝐚1 𝐚2 𝐚3) and 𝐚 = (𝐛1 𝐛2 𝐛3), it can be written as (x-𝐚1)/𝐛1 = (y-𝐚2)/𝐛2 = (z-𝐚3)/𝐛3
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9.2 What is the vector equation of a plane in 3D?
𝐫 = 𝐚 + λ𝐛 + μ𝐜 where 𝐫 is the position vector of a general point on the plane, 𝐚 is the position vector of a point on the plane, 𝐛 and 𝐜 are non-parallel non-zero vectors in the plane, and λ and μ are scalars
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9.2 What is the cartesian form for the equation of a plane in 3D?
ax + by + cz = d where a, b, c, and d are constants, and (a over b over c) is the normal vector to the plane
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9.3 What is the formula for the angle between two vectors?
θ = cos^(-1) ((𝐚.𝐛)/mod(𝐚)mod(𝐛))
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9.3 What indicates that two vectors are perpendicular in terms of scalar products?
𝐚.𝐛 = 0
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9.3 What indicates that two vectors are parallel in terms of scalar products?
𝐚.𝐛 = mod(𝐚)mod(𝐛)
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9.3 What is 𝐚.𝐛?
𝐚.𝐛 = (𝐚1 over 𝐚2 over 𝐚3).(𝐛1 over 𝐛2 over 𝐛3) = 𝐚1𝐛1 + 𝐚2𝐛2 + 𝐚3𝐛3
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9.4 What is the scalar product form of the equation of a plane?
𝐫.𝐧 = 𝐤 where 𝐤 = 𝐚.𝐧 for any point in the plane with position vector 𝐚
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9.4 How do you find the angle between two planes?
Work out the angle between the normals of the planes, subtract this from 180 to find the angles between the planes
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9.5 How do you determine whether two lines meet?
- Write the equations in vector notations and set them equal to each other - Write three linear equations involving λ and μ - Try to solve the first two equations simultaneously - If there are no solutions, the lines do not meet - Do these solutions satisfy the third equation? - If yes, the lines intersect - If no, the lines do not intersect
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9.5 What does it mean if two straight lines are skew?
They are not parallel and do not intersect
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9.6 How do you find the shortest distance between two non-intersecting lines?
Find the line segment AB such that A lies on l1 and B lies on l2 and AB is perpendicular to both lines
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9.6 How do you find the shortest distance between a point P and a plane Π?
Find the length of the line segment that goes through point P and is parallel to the normal vector of the plane Π
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9.6 How do you find the shortest distance between a line l and a point P?
Find the length of the line segment that is perpendicular to l and goes through P
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9.6 What is the equation involving the length of the perpendicular from the origin to a plane Π and the equation of a plane written as 𝐫.𝐧 = 𝐚.𝐧?
𝐫.𝐧̂ = k where 𝐧̂ is a unit vector perpendicular to Π and k is the length of the perpendicular from the plane Π to the origin
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9.6 What is the equation for the perpendicular distance from the point with coordinates (α, β, γ) to the plane with equation ax + by + cz = d?
mod(aα + bβ + cγ - d)/sqrt((a^2) + (b^2) + (c^2))

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