Lec 1 | MIT 18.02 Multivariable Calculus, Fall 2007
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========== So let's start right away with
stuff that we will need to see before we can go on to more
advanced things. So, hopefully yesterday in
recitation, you heard a bit about vectors.
How many of you actually knew about vectors before that?
OK, that's the vast majority. If you are not one of those
people, well, hopefully you'll learn about
vectors right now. I'm sorry that the learning
curve will be a bit steeper for the first week.
But hopefully, you'll adjust fine.
If you have trouble with vectors, do go to your
recitation instructor's office hours for extra practice if you
feel the need to. You will see it's pretty easy.
So, just to remind you, a vector is a quantity that has
both a direction and a magnitude of length. So -- So, concretely the way
you draw a vector is by some a...