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Categories:

  1. Home study
  2. Math and Computers
  3. Visualization

Subjects:

  1. Differential equations
  2. Physics
  3. Plane curves
  4. Polynomial functions

Title: Slider

Book Description: This physics simulation allows you to experiment with the famous problem of John Bernoulli to discover the curve connecting two points for which the time of descent of a sliding bead moving from the higher to the lower is minimized. Experiment with various curves that you create and compare with the surprising solution. Then construct this solution while playing with Mike Pepe's spirograph.

Author: James White

Suggested Use: Construct cycloids with the spirograph!

Topics: brachistochrone, differential equations, bernoullis problem, gravity, polynomial interpolation

Number of Pages: 3

Animation: Yes

Grade Level:

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