Physical Chemistry is incredibly dependent on mathematics skills. Throughout the series you’ll want to refer back to your resources from Chem 5 and Mathematics courses to help you. Below is a selection of topics which you may or may not have seen in your previous math classes, which will help you tremendously with the Chem 132 series.
This will not be fully all inclusive of all math that you might need to know, and we recommend looking at the math website here, for more topics if needed.
If you find yourself enjoying the topics in Chem 132 series, and the mathematics behind it, you may want to consider our Concentration in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. We highly recommend that you visit the “Concentration in Theoretical and Computational Chemistry” website to learn more about this exciting opportunity.
Notation Note: The math courses listed on each video are the courses that the topics are prerequisites for. If you want to review your own notes and material on the topic, you’ll actually generally find them in the classes BEFORE the course listed.
Substitution Rules 3D
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Integration by Parts
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Improper Integration
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Double Integrals
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Partial Derivatives
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Determinants
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Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
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Linear Algebra Topics
Linear Algebra 1: A review on elementary matrices and row operations
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Linear Algebra 2: A review on the determinant and invertibility of the Jacobian
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Linear Algebra III: A Review on Eigenvalues and Diagonalization
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