Intermediate maths for chemists : chemistry maths 2

I have deliberately repeated the introductory sections of Introductory Maths for Chemists (Parker 2018) here for your convenience. I suggest you look through this introduction rather than jumping to Section 1.2. The three books; Introductory Maths for Chemists, (Parker 2018), Intermediate Maths for Chemists (Parker 2012, new edition due 2019), and Advanced Maths for Chemists (Parker 2013, new edition due in 2019) are tutorial workbooks intended for first year undergraduates taking a degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, chemical physics, molecular biology, biochemistry, or biology. From now on I will be using the term ‘chemistry’ as a shorthand to cover chemical engineering, chemical physics, molecular biology, biochemistry, or biology as well as chemistry itself. The texts may also be very useful for final year school or college students prior to them starting an undergraduate degree and also to their chemistry teachers and lecturers. The text is published as three books in order to reduce file size and make handling on a laptop or tablet much easier. Introductory Maths for Chemists roughly covers the first 8 weeks of semester 1; Intermediate Maths for Chemists the remainder of semester 1 and the beginning of semester 2; and Advanced Maths for Chemists the rest of semester 2. They each have chapters named as Week 1, Week 2… this is purely to help you self-pace your work on a weekly basis. Go through the questions and work out the solution yourself on paper then check your solution. Full solutions are given to show you the method of solving the problem. Initially the solutions give most of the steps but as you progress through the workbook the explanations become less detailed. When you do finally cover the chemistry involved in the examples during your chemistry degree you won’t be blinded or scared by the maths as by then you will be happy playing around with equations and graphs. One final and important comment, a common mistake of many students is thinking you need to memorize all the equations you come across in any area of the subject. This is impossible and I know that I, or any other member of staff, can’t remember them all. There are a very small number of equations that become familiar simply by usage and which you remember without really trying. All the rest come from being able to apply your maths to this small number of familiar equations or to the equations supplied in an exam or from a textbook and this enables you to get to your target.