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  1. Abstract Linear Spaces - MacTutor Math History Archives
    Linked essay covering the beginning of the vector concept and the move away from coordinate methods through the beginning of the 20th century with Peano, Hilbert, Schmidt and Banach, with 13 references (books/articles). more>>

  2. Introduction to Vectors - Prof. Eugene Klotz, The Math Forum
    Supplementary material to help students with their first encounter with vectors, and an experiment in the pedagogical possibilities of some modern technology: the World Wide Web has hypermedia capabilities which allow nonlinear use of documents of all types, and the geometry program used (The Geometer's Sketchpad) has internal possibilities for unveiling, animating, and tabulating, in addition to its dynamic capabilities. more>>

  3. Maths Help: Working with Vectors - Jenny Olive
    Pages written as a free-standing supplement to a textbook. Designed to help science and engineering students cross the high school/college divide by emphasizing the physical applications of vectors, they are organized into Basic Stuff (general rules, trying to pull a boulder up a hill); Multiplying Vectors, and Lines and Planes. more>>


 
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  1. Algebra for Athletes.com - Cameron Bauer
    Excerpts from the Nova Science Publishers, Inc., book Algebra for Athletes: algebraic laws illustrated in a variety of sports scenarios; exponents and weight room mechanics; linear equations and speed; vectors and golf; quadratic equations and parabolas; ...more>>

  2. Applets for Linear Algebra - Dr. Rukmini Sriranganathan, Virginia Tech
    Three applets: Draw and test a Vector (draw a vector; change the x or y coordinate of the head or tail and see the effects); Vector Addition and Subtraction (draw two vectors and add and subtract them); and Dot Product and Cross Product. ...more>>

  3. The Art of Calculating Real 2D Vectors - Hero van Jindelt
    Freeware: Print the text for pupils. Numerical 2D-calculator. We don't need words like imaginary, complex number, or Argand Diagram any more--save them for a history lesson. Ordinary vector-calculation with a "new" (centuries-old) multiplication, ...more>>

  4. BA Dict: The Banach Algebra Dictionary - Bill Bland
    A searchable dictionary of definitions and theorems used in the study of Banach algebras (see The Beginner's Guide to Banach Algebras). Entries may be viewed as pictures or in HTML or LaTeX formats. ...more>>

  5. Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines (BLAS)
    Routines that provide standard building blocks for performing basic vector and matrix operations. The Level 1 BLAS perform scalar, vector and vector-vector operations, the Level 2 BLAS perform matrix-vector operations, and the Level 3 BLAS perform matrix-matrix ...more>>

  6. The Basics of MRI - Joseph P. Hornak; Rochester Institute of Technology
    An introduction to magnetic resonance imagining, which is based on the principles of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), a spectroscopic technique used by scientists to obtain microscopic chemical and physical information about molecules. See, in particular, ...more>>

  7. Calc3D - Andreas Greuer
    Calc 3D is a free program for calculating 3-dimensional vectors, matrices and complex numbers with Windows 95/98/NT. Cartesian coordinates, spherical coordinates und cylindrical coordinates can be transformed into each other. Distances, intersections, ...more>>

  8. Casio Kingdom - Sean Tan
    CFX-9850 games and programs. A game and several programs, including: Sphere (solves where a point is in relation to a sphere, whether it lies outside, inside or on the sphere); Divide (finds the position vector that divides vector AB in the ratio a:b); ...more>>

  9. CLK-Calculator - Lars Kobarg
    Reverse Polish notation Calcualtor is a calculator program for Windows with unit conversion and matrix calculator, functions for vectors and complex numbers, and a function plotter. ...more>>

  10. Colégio de Gaia, Grupo de Matematica
    Math resources in Portuguese: Galeria de Sketches - a gallery of JavaSketchpad and Geometer's Sketchpad problems and sketches including the Pythagorean theorem (o Teorema de Pitágoras), Vector Addition (Adicao de Vectores), cutting a cube/parallelepiped ...more>>

  11. Conferences on the Teaching of Mathematics (CTM) (Mathematics Archives) - Husch, et al., Editors
    Currently includes presentations and contributed papers from the Fifth Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics held on June 21-22, 1996 in Baltimore, MD and the Sixth Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics held on June 20-21, 1997 in Milwaukee, WI. ...more>>

  12. Connected Geometry - Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
    A curriculum development project designed to help teachers and students understand and appreciate the connections and unifying themes within mathematics, and to build on the connections between students' backgrounds and mathematics. Student book with ...more>>

  13. DLK MathsWork Software
    Self-differentiating, topic-specific math software for Windows 3.1 and above, on number, shape and space, and data handling. All of the practice modules have on screen monitoring at three levels. Six problem modules designed to improve users' application ...more>>

  14. Experimentàlis Hunlap (hun meg nem) a Titkos Tudományokról - Ferenc Molnár
    New geometric discovery (site is in Hungarian). ...more>>

  15. ExploreScience.com - Raman Pfaff
    A Shockwave science laboratory on the Internet which allows students and teachers to interact and experiment with material on the Web. Topics include mechanics (inclined plane, golf range, air track, see-saw torque, simple harmonic motion, 2D collisions, ...more>>

  16. Famous Equations and Inequalities - Peter Alfeld, University of Utah
    An idiosyncratic and personal selection of particularly important or particularly intriguing mathematical equations, not all of them complicated. Mathematical Constants; The definition of Pi; The definition of e; A differential equation; The Pythagorean ...more>>

  17. Fractal Explorer - Fabio Cesari
    An introduction to fractals: about complex numbers, how to generate the Mandelbrot and Julia sets, gallery of images, and a Java applet to explore the Mandelbrot set (may not work with older browsers; applet is available for download, but documentation ...more>>

  18. General Mathematics, N-Z (Funk & Wagnalls Multimedia Encyclopedia) - Lycos Zone: Mathematics
    Short articles on basic mathematics, including biographical information about mathematicians, from John Napier to Zeno of Elea. ...more>>

  19. The Geometer's Sketchpad: Classroom Resources - The Math Forum
    Sketchpad and JavaSketchpad dynamic interactive geometry resources on the Math Forum Site: sketches, activities, and tours; MAA meetings and groups with presentations and sample sketches; Forum Sketchpad Web Units (Algebra & Calculus; Vectors; Morphing ...more>>

  20. Geometry in 2 and 3 dimensions - Susan Addington; Dept. of Mathematics, Cal. State-San Bernardino (CSUSB)
    A course designed for prospective middle school math teachers. Middle school students need lots of concrete experiences to develop their geometric intuition, and can begin developing geometric reasoning abilities, so this course takes a hands-on approach. ...more>>

  21. Graphing Vector Calculator - Paul Flavin
    An interactive Java applet which, given two vectors, will add or subtract them, producing graphical and numerical solutions almost instantly. The vectors are drawn on a labeled grid, the numerical representations are aligned in matching colors, and a ...more>>

  22. Interactive and animated Geometric Algebra with Cinderella - Eckhard Hitzer
    More than 90 JAVA applets that range from the elementary concepts of vector, bivector, outer product, and rotations, to triangle relationships, oscillations, and polarized waves. A special group of 21 applets illustrates three geometrically different ...more>>

  23. The Interactive Mathematics Classroom - Rex Boggs
    A digital library of third-party technology resources for teaching mathematics, from kindergarten to calculus. Register to comment on interactive whiteboard files, Powerpoints, TI-Nspire documents, Excel spreadsheets, and other digital resources. RSS ...more>>

  24. Java Exploration Tool for Dynamical Systems - R. Wegenkittl and E. Gröller
    A Java Applet for the visualization and exploration of two-dimensional analytical defined dynamical systems. The system is defined by a set of two differential equations, which are evaluated within the chosen region to form a two-dimensional vector field. ...more>>

  25. LASPack Reference Manual - Tomas Skalicky
    A software package for solution of large sparse systems of linear equations by some state-of-the-art iterative methods. Site includes links for downloading the source code. ...more>>

  26. Le site des maths à petites doses - Saint-Martin Arnaud
    Supplementary information and explanations of various mathematical topics, often illustrated with figures and JavaScript, as well as some sample problems and multiple-choice quizzes. In French. ...more>>

  27. LSL Math Traits - Gary T. Leavens
    A guide to an archive of mathematical traits written in the Larch Shared Language (LSL), constituting a small LSL handbook. The traits do not duplicate the traits in Guttag and Horning's book, but add to them. Real numbers; Polynomial Functions and Polynomials; ...more>>

  28. Manipula Math with Java - International Education Software (IES)
    Hundreds of interactive Java applets for middle school through early college years on subjects such as geometry, calculus, trigonometry, linear transformations, vectors, complex numbers, and conics. Applets and animations often include introductions to ...more>>

  29. Maple Application Center - Waterloo Maple, Inc.
    Software you can order to explore, share, and publish math on the Internet. Interactive media for exploring and exchanging mathematical ideas, with content on a variety of subjects at the high school, university, and graduate level. (There are high school ...more>>

  30. Math2.org (formerly Dave's Math Tables) - David Manura
    A collection of useful searchable math reference tables, formatted especially for the Web. Tables cover topics in general math (number notation), algebra (identities, polynomials, exponents, etc.), geometry (areas, volumes, surface areas), trigonometry ...more>>

  31. Math Applets - Tristan de Frondeville, Educational Object Economy (EOE)
    The author, a math teacher in San Franscisco, describes how he has begun to use Java Applets in his classes and the results he has been getting. The applets are linked at their descriptions in the text. ...more>>

  32. Mathematical Biology Pages - Brandeis University
    In contemporary biology there are many areas which depend heavily on rather advanced mathematics. This site demonstrates a few of these through Shockwave, Java, and JavaScript explorations. Dixon's Population Pages (exponential growth, nonlinear terms ...more>>

  33. Mathematical Ideas in Science - Seven Stones Multimedia
    A series of tutorial modules using JavaScript, Shockwave for Director, or Shockwave Flash: sphere packings, shapes and lattices; waves described, longitudinal and transverse wave lab, 2-dimensional harmonic disturbance; 2-dimensional vector components ...more>>

  34. maths online - University of Vienna, Austria
    A modern mathematics learning site on the Web: details of the project, persons and institutions participating, or project proposals (only in German). The Gallery consists of interactive multimedia learning units (Java applets), each of which includes ...more>>

  35. Matroids and Signed Graphs - Steven R. Pagano; Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Kentucky
    Contents: Introduction and some notes; What is a matroid; Some common examples of matroids; Circuits, bases, rank, closure; Duality; Minors; Representability; Connectivity; What the heck is a signed graph? ...more>>

  36. The Medians - Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles, Alexander Bogomolny
    Interactive proofs (elementary geometry, barycentric coordinates, complex numbers, Ceva's theorem, affine geometry) of the fact that the three medians of a triangle meet at a point called the centroid. See also The medians, contributed by Scott Brodie. ...more>>

  37. Middle Atlantic Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications Throughout the Curriculum (MACMATC)
    The MACMATC is a National Science Foundation-sponsored project involving Penn, Villanova, Community College of Philadelphia, Polytechnic, some Philadelphia high schools and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, that seeks to improve students' ...more>>

  38. Nudge's Home Page - Paul Matthews
    Classes and source files for Java objects which, unless otherwise stated, are released under the GNU public licence. Package FixedPoint - an implementation of fixed point numbers in Java for addition, multiplication and division, functions such as abs(), ...more>>

  39. Olympiad Math Madness
    "The hardest math problems on the web." A collection of mathematical brain-busters, invented for mathematical olympiads the world over, with a newsletter to get information about changes to the page, a hall of fame for those who have solved at least one ...more>>

  40. Online Math Center - Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA
    Resources for mathematics students and teachers, including answers to Frequently Asked Questions and online Live Math applications demonstrating algebra, calculus, and linear algebra topics. ...more>>

  41. The Physics Classroom - Tom Henderson, hosted by StudyWorks! Online
    A physics tutorial for high school students, including explanations, animations, quizzes, and practice problems. ...more>>

  42. Physics ToolChest: Vector Algebra Tools - ToolChest Software, Inc.
    Multimedia educational software in physics and mathematics. Advanced calculators and study aids for high school and college students. ...more>>

  43. Plane Graphic Calculator - J. E. Lillge
    A Java calculator that can plot graphs of mathematical functions. Intended primarily as an educational aid to understanding the geometric interpretation of mathematical functions, it also supports complex numbers, vectors, and parametrically defined functions. ...more>>

  44. Project Poison Applet - Computer Science Dept., Trinity College Dublin
    A site created by first-year computer science students as a Java programming project. Each of 12 topics (Algebra; Geometry; Trigonometry; Calculus; Matrices; Sequences & Series; Complex Numbers; Vectors; Probability; Groups; Further Calculus; Further ...more>>

  45. Steve Fulling's Home Page - Stephen A. Fulling
    Courses in Foundation Coalition Freshman Calculus, linearity, and other subjects offer objectives, assignments, solutions and reports, exams, and supporting documentation such as books (.pdf, .ps, and .dvi formats). The site also includes access to the ...more>>

  46. Stuff About Modelling - Lester F. Caudill, Jr., Univ. of Richmond, Virginia
    Download a PDF of this informal introductory text for the author's course in Continuous Mathematical Models, including refreshers on single and multivariable calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations. ...more>>

  47. Synergetics on the Web - Kirby Urner, 4D Solutions
    R. Buckminster Fuller's "explorations in the geometry of thinking" is detailed in two thick volumes, Synergetics and Synergetics 2. Synergetics thoroughly permeates the rest of Fuller's writings as well. The invention for which Fuller is most famous, ...more>>

  48. Topics in Integral and Differential Calculus - Teresinha Kawasaki
    Interactive, illustrated introductions to polynomial functions, trigonometric functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, the derivative, differentiation formulas and the chain rule, differentiating trigonometric functions, max-min problems, integration, ...more>>

  49. Toying with Reality: Java Applets and VRML - Paul Flavin
    Virtual Reality: Modeling with Math, and a little Java. Applets to manipulate: The Pythagorean Theorem; Equation Grapher: "You type, I Graph"; Graphing Vector Calculator; Java 3d Visualizer; Virtual Rubik's Cube; Raytracing applet; Java Calculator; Play ...more>>

  50. Transmath - A CBL Mathematics Tutor - Joanna Brown
    Transmath is a computer-based (Windows platform) mathematics tutor designed to strengthen and consolidate the basic mathematical knowledge of students commencing numerate degrees. Module exercises, featuring animations, come with constructive interactive ...more>>


 
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