Talk:Mathematics for Chemistry

Rough content that I intend to cover in the book:

Numbers

 * Real numbers (integers, rational, irrational, natural)
 * Imaginary numbers
 * Scientific (standard) form, normal form, engineering, computational
 * BODMAS
 * Exponents (examples)
 * SI prefixes
 * SI units
 * Greek alphabet
 * Physical quantity = numerical value \times unit
 * Making tables
 * Calculations (include units, pV=nRT example)
 * Dimensional analysis
 * Plotting graphs

Algebra, exponents, logs, equations

 * Algebra (expanding brackets, rearranging and fractions)
 * Indices, exponents, logs
 * Rules of logs (pH example, definition of e)
 * Exponentials (Arrhenius equation example)
 * Linear and quadratic equations (examples)
 * Roots of quadratic equation

Calculus

 * Differentiation (definition)
 * Limits
 * Exceptions to general rule
 * Partial derivatives
 * Chain rule
 * Turning points (Morse curve)
 * Integration (definition)
 * Constant of integration
 * Exceptions to general rule
 * Limits (definite and indefinite)
 * Rate equations

--Amigadave (talk) 15:45, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Not enough chemistry
The contents right now is just math and no chemistry. We need to include lots of examples from chemistry throughout the book (possible with the exception of the first chapter which is too basic).

Further it should be more clear who the intended reader is - which level are we dealing with. University level students could be interested in Hartree-Fock computational chemistry, while high school students would want to read about dilution and so on...

I might add a section on reaction rates and kinetics.