Exploring Analytic Geometry With Mathematica

Don L. Vossler, «Exploring Analytic Geometry With Mathematica»
865 pages | Academic Pr; | ISBN: 0127282556

 

This book provides a broad introduction to analytic geometry using the Mathematica and Descarta2D computer programs to enhance the numerical, symbolic and graphical nature of the subject. The geometric research tool can be used to explore numerically and symbolically various theorems and relationships of 2-D analytic geometry. It covers the basic elementary geometry, conics, geometric functions and tangent curves. The book also provides a reference of geometric formulae from analytic geometry. A large-scale Mathematica programming tutorial that is instructive in the techniques of object-orientated programming, modular packaging and good overall system design is included. The inclusion of the full source code for the Descarta2D system enables students and researchers to modify and enhance the system for their own purposes.