Electronic Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics

Chicago, Illinois, March 11-14, 2010

Paper M005

Exploring Normal Vectors in the Second Life Metaverse

Przemyslaw Bogacki


Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23529
USA


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ABSTRACT

This article is based upon a handout distributed to participants of the ICTCM minicourse 'Second Life: A Hands-on Introduction for Mathematics Professors'. While the minicourse contained a number of modules and activities, here we focus only on a relatively small portion of these: we illustrate how a combination of basic Second Life building and scripting tools can be used to illustrate normal vectors.

Keyword(s): multivariable calculus, software