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Mathematics

Here you can find a series of tutorials and worksheets I created using The Geometer's Sketchpad and GeoGebra.

Music:

Link Musical chord and scale calculator: An interactive diagram depicting musical intervals, chords and scales and component elements.
Link Frequency Doubling: A description of how the frequency of musical tones double as the number of octaves increases.

Art:

Link Color cube: A demonstration of the different color components used to create images on your computer monitor.
Link Sri Yantra: The Sri Yantra mandala.

Geometry:

Link Beta Distributions: A great class of curves for generating smooth random distributions with known limits.
Link Quadratic Bezier Curve Construction: A demonstration showing how to construct a quadratic Bezier curve geometrically.
Link Cubic Bezier Curve Construction: A demonstration showing how to construct a cubic Bezier curve geometrically.
Link Bezier / Parabola: A demonstration showing that a Bezier curve is also a parabolic segment.
Link Parabola Construction: A demonstration showing how to trace a parabola.
Link Ellipse & Hyperbola Construction: A demonstration showing two methods of constructing the ellipse and hyperbola.
Link Trigonometric Functions: A worksheet showing the relationship between the trigonometric functions and the unit circle.
Link Triangle Components: A worksheet showing the various components of a triangle.
Link Geodetic Latitude: A description of geodetic latitude, and its relationship to the Earth's surface and "circles of latitude".
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Vectors: A demonstration of the different components of a vector, as well as various vector operations.
(Geometer's Sketchpad format.)
Link Lissajous Curves: A demonstration showing how to trace Lissajous curves.
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Parametric sphere with Euler rotations: A demonstration showing how to plot three-dimensional curves in GeoGebra and apply Euler rotation matrices to them.
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Metaballs: A description of different techniques used to create the class of surfaces known as metaballs or "blobs".
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Spirals: Some examples of different types of spirals.

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This page © Copyright 2009 Michael Horvath. Last modified: February 21 2010 21:02:15.