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Introduction to Polar coordinates
The class practices plotting points in a Cartesian coordinate system and a Polar coordinate system. They convert from one system to the other to get coordinates to plot. Then they play a Tic-Tac-Toe or Connect Four game to have a...
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Polar and Cartesian Coordinates
The class has a brief review of polar and Cartesian coordinates. Then they get to play battleship and discover polar coordinates in more depth. They get a lot of practice converting from polar to Cartesian coordinate points and vice...
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Space Shuttle's Heat Shield Problem
Students participate in a role-play activity to determine how to replace heat shields on the space shuttle using polar coordinates.
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Ellipses and Kepler's First Law
The class examines graphs in the form r = F(¿¿) in polar coordinates (r, ¿¿), in particular with the circle, ellipse and other conic sections. They determine the nature of an ellipse by studying the role of the semimajor axis and...
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Math 312 Spring 2004: Complex Logarithm
In this complex logarithm worksheet, students complete complex logarithm problems. They identify image and pre-image sets, indicate the location of the solution in a complex plane and give examples of integers with given parameters. ...
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Complex Analysis: Function
In this function learning exercise, students evaluate problems involving functions, identify the domain and range of functions, and complete inversion mapping. This two-page learning exercise contains approximately twelve problems.
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Complex Analysis: Point Sets in the Complex Plane
In this complex plane learning exercise, students describe definitions words relating to a complex plane and point sets. They give examples for each definition. This two page learning exercise contains thirteen problems.
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Complex Analysis: Point Sets in the Complex Plane
In this point set worksheet, students explore definitions describing planar point sets. They use the definitions to describe examples of point sets. This two-page worksheet contains four problems and 15 definitions.