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

Orlando, Florida, March 16-19, 2006

Paper S102

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.


Mathematical Modeling of a Snowstorm and a Galaxy Using JavaScript and Flash

Paul Bouthellier


Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
504 East Main Street
Titusville, PA 16354
USA


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ABSTRACT

Mathematical models of a snowstorm and a galaxy are created. Web pages based on these models are created using JavaScript and Flash. These models have proven useful examples in classes such as trigonometry and calculus.

Keyword(s): applications, calculus, trigonometry, modeling, Flash