Re: vector components and notation

[S Goelzer <s.goelzer@ATTBI.COM>]

I agree. Unit vectors (for HS physics) just get in the way.  I would
rather spend the time on other topics. All I teach is component
addition (but very thoroughly).

Scott


On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 02:19 PM, Joe Heafner wrote:

> > From: "RAUBER, JOEL" <JOEL_RAUBER@SDSTATE.EDU>
> >
> > P.S.  What are the opinions of people on this list regarding Algebra
> > Based
> > books that do not introduce the unit vectors i,j,k  ?
> I can live without them. Even Cliff Swartz, in his relatively recent
> resource book, advocates not using them at all in ANY introductory
> physics course.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Joe Heafner - Instructional Astronomy and Physics
> Home Page http://users.vnet.net/heafnerj/index.html
> I don't have a Lexus, but I do have a Mac. Same thing.
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