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CalcPlot3D, an Exploration Environment for Multivariable Calculus 
Course Topic(s): Multivariable Calculus | Surface Integrals | Line Integrals | Double Integrals: Applications | Optimization | Taylor Polynomials, Hessian | Directional Derivatives and Gradients | Partial Derivatives, Differentiability | Graphing Multivariable Functions | Vector-Valued Functions and Velocity/Acceleration | Conic Sections & Quadric Surfaces | Vector Operations | General Tools
CalcPlot3D is a java applet that illustrates many multivariable calculus concepts. The applet itself is located at http://web.monroecc.edu/manila/webfiles/ calcNSF/JavaCode/CalcPlot3D.htm. This entry describes an article in Loci: Resources about the applet with extensive discussion of how it can be used to illustrate dot and cross products, motion in the plane and in space, the TNB-frame, the osculating circle, surfaces, level surfaces, partial derivatives, gradients, Lagrange multiplier optimization, defining the limits of integration for double and triple integrals, parametric surfaces, vector fields, and line integrals.
Resource URL: http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/47/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=3781
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Subject classification(s):
Several Variable Calculus
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Calculus
Creator(s): Paul Seeburger (Monroe Community College)
Contributor(s): Paul Seeburger (Monroe Community College)
This resource was cataloged by Lang Moore
Publisher:Loci: Resources
Resource copyright: Paul Seeburger
This review was published on November 21, 2011
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