APPLETS AND PROJECTS FOR CALCULUS II

Page Contents

  • APPLETS: The applets in the fast-downloading jar file format
  • APPLETS:The applets in the unarchived format required by Navigator 3
  • EXPERIMENTS AND PROJECTS:A collection of projects and experiments to be done with these applets
  • The applets in jar files

    Use these links if you are using Netscape Navigator 4, or another browser that understands the "archive" tag, and your downloads will be faster.
  • Applet on Riemann sums for integrals of a single variable.
  • Applet on the quadtratic approximation used in Simpson's rule.
  • The applets in unarchived form

    Use these links if you are using Netscape Navigator 3, or another browser that does not understand the "archive" tag, and the applets will be downloaded the old-fashioned way: one class at a time.
  • Applet on Riemann sums for integrals of a single variable.
  • Applet on the quadtratic approximation used in Simpson's rule.
  • Projects and experiments for use with these applets

    The following links are to pdf files outlining mathematical experiments designed to be done with these applets. Since several of the applets are on closely related subjects, some of these experiments involve the use of two or more of the applets, while others just use one.

    Section Contents

  • Experiments with Riemann Sums
  • Experiments with Simpson's method
  • Experiments with Riemann Sums

    This project is designed to lead to a deeper understanding of Riemann sums and their ralation to the integral.

    Project resources

  • The questions to be explored and answered.
  • Notes and hints on use of the applets for studying these questions.
  • Experiments with Simpson's Rule

    This project is designed to lead to a deeper understanding of why Simpson's rule gives a much better approximation than the trapezoidal rule in numerical integration.

    Project resources

  • The questions to be explored and answered.
  • Notes and hints on use of the applets for studying these questions.

  • Eric A. Carlen (send message)