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

Chicago, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003

Paper S131

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.


Slides, Tubes, Wedges, and Ramps on Derive

Thomas G. Wangler


Benedictine University
5700 College Road
Lisle, IL 60532-0900
USA


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ABSTRACT

Students have a hard time visualizing and drawing mathematical objects in 3D. In this paper, the author shows how to use Derive to help students visualize curves and surfaces in 3D.

Keyword(s): Derive, geometry