| Describing motion |
Vectors, functions and
limits |
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Displacement, average and instantaneous velocity, average and instantaneous
acceleration. |
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Coordinate systems, scalars and vectors, components of vectors, vector addition, the
scalar product, functions, introduction to limits. |
| Motion
in one dimension |
Derivatives I
and curve fitting |
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Motion diagrams, motion with constant acceleration |
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Simple differentiation rules, tangent lines, models and curve fitting. |
| Motion
in two or more dimensions |
Derivatives
II and parametric curves |
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Motion in a plane, tangential and radial acceleration, projectile motion, circular
motion |
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Derivatives and shape of curves, maximum and minimum values, parametric curves. |
| The
laws of motion |
Limits and
continuity |
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The concept of force, inertial frames, Newton's 2nd and 3rd law,
mass and weight, free-body diagrams |
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Limits, continuity and infinite limits. Using the definition of derivative. |
| Applications
of Newton's laws |
Derivatives
III |
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Uniform and non-uniform circular motion, friction, numerical modeling, the fundamental
forces |
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Exponential Functions. Derivative rules, product and quotient rules, chain rule. |
| Work
and energy |
Antiderivatives
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Work done by varying forces, kinetic energy, conservative and non-conservative forces,
potential energy, conservation of energy |
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Antiderivatives, slope fields and simple integration. Rates of Change. Related rates. |
| Momentum |
Mean Value
Theorem, Optimization and Newton's Method |
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Conservation of momentum, impulse, elastic and inelastic collisions, the center of
mass, rocket propulsion |
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Mean Value Theorem, optimization and Newton's method. |
| Rotational
motion |
Trigonometric
functions |
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Rotational kinematics, torque, angular momentum, rigid-body motion |
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Vector product, trigonometric functions and polar coordinates. |
| Oscillatory
motion |
Calculus and
trigonometric functions |
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Simple harmonic motion, a mass on a spring, a physical pendulum, forced and damped
oscillations |
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Derivatives of trigonometric functions. L'Hospital's rule. |
| Wave
motion |
Implicit and
inverse functions |
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Sinusoidal travelling waves, reflection and transmission, the Doppler effect,
superposition and interference, standing waves |
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Implicit functions, inverse functions, logs, derivatives of logs and inverse trig
functions. |