Give a recursive definition of the set of bit strings that are palindromes.
Chemistry 101 Prof. Jim Attwood Notes for Week 1 Key: Purple—vocabulary words Class 1 What is Chemistry used for Synthesis of new materials o i.e. Medicine, fabrics, food (fertilizers and pesticides), materials Changes of Matter o i.e. Pollution Control (removing pollution), Energy (renewable energy sources) Identity and Concentration of Materials i.e. Mercury, pH (not until CHEM 102), using nature to create medicine Chemistry: The study of matter in all of it’s forms History—where did chemistry come from Early chemistry was learned through crafts o i.e. brewing, Tanning, Dying, Alchemy (leadGold) Practical Aspects (covered in chapters 3,4,5,10) Originally from Greek Philosophy o Understanding the nature of matter—what makes up everything Theoretical—what is matter made of (covered in chapters 6,7,8, 9, 11) The Scientific Method (1.18) Observationstry to understand themmake new observationschecknew observationsetc. Significant Figures All Non-Zero digits are significant o ex—57 (2 sig figs) Zero’s to the left of the non zero digit are not significant o ex—00057 (2 sig figs) Zero’s to the right of the decimal are significant o ex—57.00 (4 sig figs) Large Numbers are usually written in scientific notation so as not to be confused o Ex--11,600 has 3, 4, or 5 sig figs SOLUTION: scientif