This course introduces basic and preliminary subjects in Geometry such as Parametrizations of Plane Curves, Length of a Parametrically Defined Curve, Length of a Curve, Polar Coordinates, Relating Polar and Cartesian Coordinates, Conic Sections, Conics in Polar Coordinates, Vectors and the Geometry of Space, Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems, Distance and Spheres in Space, Vector Algebra Operations, Midpoint of a Line Segment, The Dot Product, Perpendicular (Orthogonal) Vectors, Dot Product Properties and Vector Projections, The Cross Product of Two Vectors in Space, Calculating the Cross Product as a Determinant, Triple Scalar or Box Product, Lines and Planes in Space, Parametric Equations for a Line, An Equation for a Plane in Space, Lines of Intersection, Classification of General Quadratic Equation, Cylinders and Quadric Surfaces.
Main Textbook: Leithold, L., The Calculus with Analytic Geometry, 3rd Edition, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1976. Weir, M.D. Hass, J. Thomas, G. B., Thomas’ Calculus: Early Transcendentals, 12th Edition, Boston, USA, 2010. Subsidiary Books: Greenberg, M.J., Euclidean and non-Euclidean Geometries, Development and History, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York, 2008.