Center of Mass and Barycentric Coordinates - Wild Linear Algebra A
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Overview
Syllabus
CONTENT SUMMARY: pg 1: @ Applications of vectors; force; breaking vectors into perpendicular components;
pg 2: @ velocity; Newton's 1st Law; acceleration; Newton's 2nd Law;
pg 3: @ Racetrack game;
pg 4: @ Trajectory game;
pg 5: @ Center of Mass; Archimedes' Principle of the lever; vector reformulation
pg 6: @ exercises ; center of mass;
pg 7: @ Connection between balance and affine combinations; remark on common notation points instead of vectors
pg 8: @ example; Barycentric coordinates;
pg 9: @ example: 3 coplanar masses;
pg 10: @ example continued from a vector point of view THANKS to EmptySpaceEnterprise
Introduction
Racetrack game
Trajectory game
Center of mass, Archimedes' Principle
Connection with affine combinations
Barycentric coordinates
Three co - planar masses
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