Selected Interactive Figures

Michael S. Waters

(Most require free download of Wolfram CDF Player at http://www.wolfram.com/cdf-player/)

Two-Dimensional Figures

· General Riemann Sums (approximating area under a continuous curve)

· Approximating Arc Length

· Bi-fold closet door (modeling)

· Bugs

Three-Dimensional Figures

· Surface with Contour Plot

· Volume under Surface

· Euler’s Method for Approximation

· Helix

· 3D Continuity

· Approximating Surface Area of a Solid of Revolution

· Curve of Steepest Descent

· Local Linearity of a Surface

· Traces (Cross-Sections) of Surface

· Vector-Valued Function Derivative