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Contents<br />

xi<br />

Navigator’s Polar Vs. Cartesian<br />

Coordinates 313<br />

Latitude and Longitude 314<br />

Celestial Coordinates 315<br />

Cartesian Three-Space 316<br />

Cylindrical Coordinates 317<br />

Spherical Coordinates 318<br />

Questions and Problems 320<br />

22 Complex Numbers 323<br />

Part 4<br />

Imaginary Quantities 323<br />

The Complex Number Plane 325<br />

Multiplying Complex Quantities 325<br />

Three Cube Root Examples 326<br />

Reciprocal of a Complex Quantity 329<br />

Division of Complex Quantities 330<br />

Rationalization 330<br />

Checking Results 331<br />

Operation Summary 332<br />

Use of a Complex Plane 332<br />

Roots by Complex Quantities 334<br />

Questions and Problems 335<br />

Tools of Applied<br />

Mathematics<br />

23 Trigonometry in the Real<br />

World 339<br />

Parallax 339<br />

The Base-line 340<br />

Accuracy 340<br />

Distance to an Object 341<br />

Stadimetry 342<br />

Interstellar Distance Measurement 343<br />

Distance Vs. Parallax 345<br />

A Point of Confusion 346<br />

Radar 346<br />

Laws of Sines and Cosines 347<br />

Use of Radar 348<br />

How to Hunt a “Fox” 350<br />

The Fox Finds Itself 351<br />

Position of a Ship 352<br />

Questions and Problems 356<br />

24 Logarithms and<br />

Exponentials 359<br />

The Logarithm Base 359<br />

Common Logarithms 360<br />

Natural Logarithms 361<br />

Basic Properties of Logarithms 363<br />

Conversion of Log Functions 366<br />

Logarithm Comparisons 367<br />

The Exponential Base 368<br />

Common Exponentials 368<br />

Natural Exponentials 369<br />

Alternative Expressions 371<br />

Logarithms Vs. Exponentials 371<br />

Basic Properties of Exponentials 372<br />

Exponential Comparisons 376<br />

Numerical Orders of Magnitude 378<br />

Questions and Problems 379<br />

25 Scientific Notation<br />

Tutorial 381<br />

Standard Form 381<br />

Alternative Form 382<br />

The “Times” Sign 382<br />

Plain-Text Exponents 383<br />

Orders of Magnitude 383<br />

When to Use Scientific Notation 385<br />

Prefix Multipliers 385<br />

Multiplication 386<br />

Division 387<br />

Raising to a Power 388<br />

Taking a Root 388<br />

Addition 389<br />

Subtraction 389<br />

Significant Figures 390<br />

How Accurate Are You? 390<br />

What About 0? 391<br />

What About Exact Values? 392<br />

More About Addition and Subtraction 392<br />

Questions and Problems 393<br />

26 Vectors 395<br />

Magnitude and Direction 395<br />

Sum of Two Vectors 396<br />

Multiplication of a Vector by a Scalar 397

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