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A Developers' Area article about developing reusable components in Java.

This article explores analogues of the Pythagorean Theorem in non-Euclidean geometries.

This Math Flash Forum Sharing Area applet provides students with practice with polar coordinates and the radian measure of angles through a simple, interactive game.

Plotting Applet

This Java applet plots up to 10 functions simultaneously with zoom and trace features. It can be used to study properties of functions or approximate solutions to equations. The syntax for entering the functions is given on the accompanying web page.

Logistic Growth Model

This module a standard model of population growth in a constrained environment.

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Flash Fractal Maker

Useful for teaching as well as artistic endeavors, this applet allows the user to build a "seed" for a recursive process that constructs complex and fascinating fractal images.

Trigonometric Series Approximations

This site includes two applets, one for visualizing the approximation of a square wave by trigonometric series, and the other for hearing successive approximations to the displacement curve of a sound wave.