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

Orlando, Florida, March 16-19, 2006

Paper S026

This is an electronic reprint, reproduced by permission of Pearson Education Inc. Originally appeared in the Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Edited by Joanne Foster, ISBN 0-321-49160-2, Copyright (C) 2007 by Pearson Education, Inc.


Visualizations of Vectors, Vector-valued Functions, Vector Fileds, and Line Integrals

Robert E. Kowalczyk


Mathematics Department
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300
USA


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Adam O. Hausknecht


Mathematics Department
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300
USA


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ABSTRACT

To help our students internalize the concepts of vector calculus, we have added vector visualization tools to a new software package that we are developing. Among its many features, the package can import digital photos and its tools can be used to analyze data extracted from the photos.

Keyword(s): multivariable calculus, software