Electronic Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper S094

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Corinna Mansfield, ISBN 0-321-30456-x, Copyright (C) 2005 by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.


Circuits, Tanks, and Mathematical Models

Allan Struthers


Mathematical Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931
USA


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Veronica Rozmiarek


Mathematical Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931
USA

David Slater


Mathematical Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931
USA

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ABSTRACT

This paper describes high quality computer data collection for standard electric circuit and tank mixing problems modeled for Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) courses. The experiments and analysis use inexpensive equipment and standard software. The collected data validates standard ODE model predictions with surprising accuracy for most students and faculty members.

Keyword(s): differential equations, software