CATALOG OF THE APPLETS

Applets for Calculus I

Applets for Calculus II

Applets for Calculus III

Applets for Calculus IV

ABOUT THE APPLETS

Above is a screen shot of one of the applets. This one is for experimenting on Newton's method in one dimension and finding basins of attraction. The basin of attraction to which each point on the x-axis belongs is indicated by color; the code is on the right. Each of these applets comes with one or more suggested "computer experiment projects" which is designed to lead the student to a deeper understanding of a particular concept from the calculus syllabus.

These applets have manyf features to facilitate experimentation -- both to provide feedback, and to premit the user to make changes in the set-up. For example, the badge up above the graph gives the coordinates of the cursor. The textfield at the bottom can be used to enter new functions, and one can "zoom in" for a closer view, and change the region shown with simple mouse clicks and drags...

Further instructions on the use of these applets is provided on the individual pages containing them.

Full documentation on how to write other applets like these, using the same building blocks of code, is also provided -- including source code for these applets, and templates.

All code is copyrighted by the authors. It is however placed here for public non-comercial use -- you are free to use it as long as you do not include it in or bundle it with (in any way) any product being sold at any price. So academic use and freeware is fine.