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Flash Tools for Developers: Function Grapher

This Flash Forum article includes source code and modification instructions that will allow you to customize a basic one-variable function grapher.

ZMap - A Complex Function Plotter

This article describes ZMap, an applet that helps students visualize the graphs of complex-valued functions.

Power Maths

A mathlet for discovery of the integral and differential power rules prior to formal discussion of integral, power rule, or Fundamental Theorem in a calculus course.

Supplement to 'Fermat's Spiral and the Line Between Yin and Yang'

This Supplement provides an applet which allows readers to explore symmetries of "Yin-Yang" shapes generated by polar graphs of Fermat spirals.

PopTools

This ESTEEM module in the Biometrics Category is a downloadable Windows program that allows the construction, analysis, and simulation of models in a simple spreadsheet format. The only programming required is the ability to construct formulas in Excel.

Simple Row Reducer

This applet performs traditional elementary row operations keeping track of the entire process. It also allows fraction, integer, or decimal entries and preserves these types throughout the row reduction process.

World Class Sprints

A module examining a model for the performance of world-class sprinters.

Random Number Generation

This activity illustrates the process of random number generation and simulation. It is part of the Statistics Online Computational Resource (SOCR).

Cable TV Consumer Preference Model

A mathematical model for the number of subscribers to two competing cable TV companies is presented. An applet is included, allowing the user to experiment with the model.

An Interactive Use of the Lanchester Combat Model

An article that shows how to implement the Lanchester Combat Model in an interactive Excel spreadsheet