Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Calculus (Textbook Study Guide)
The online course consists of a study guide about calculus. Topics included are differentiation, vectors, infinite series, polar coordinates, and integration.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Calculus (Textbook Instructor's Manual)
The online course consists of a textbook instructor's manual about calculus concepts. Topics included are differentiation, vectors, infinite series, polar coordinates, and integration.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Calculus (Textbook)
The online course consists of a textbook about calculus concepts. Topics included are differentiation, vectors, infinite series, polar coordinates, and integration.
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: Coordenadas Polares Y Cartesianas
This activity will help you to visualize the representation of a point in a Cartesian plane and in a polar plane.
University of Vienna (Austria)
Maths Online
This site consists of interactive lessons on a multitude of math topics including sets, drawing plane and coordinate system, variables, equations, and functions. You may also view this Vienna University site in German.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Area in Polar Coordinates
This site gives the formula for computing area in polar coordinates.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Polar Equations
This site discusses how to graph a polar equation and gives several pretty graphed examples.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Conchoid of Nicomedes
This site gives an approximate date at which the cochoid was studied by Nicomedes, explains what the locus of points are which make up this curve, and give cartesian and polar coordinates for such a curve, as well as a formula for the...
Other
Dans Math: Lessons: Trigonometry
College professor Dan Bach reviews basic trig concepts, including trig functions, right triangles, circles, radians, and polar coordinates. Site includes animated graphs and detailed examples.
Ohio State University
Math 153: Graphing Polar Equations
Shows a way to graph polar equations using rectangular coordinates first.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry:complex Roots
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Plot the roots of equations in polar coordinates.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Polar and Cartesian Transformation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Converting between polar and cartesian coordinates
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Trawling for an Intersection
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is designed to draw a connection between polar and parametric equations, as well as to expose students to the Trawler Problem (involving a fast boat chasing a slower boat which...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Parabola
This is an excellent site on parabolas. Examples and formulas are given.
That Quiz
That Quiz: Puntos
This is an interactive practice test to review graphing points on the Cartesian, Polar and Complex plane. Test are timed and keep track of right and wrong answers.
Other
Edwin's Animated Images: Hyperbola
This animated tutorial gives the focus/directrix definition of a conic. Also includes specific definition for the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Includes equations for the conics in both rectangular and polar coordinates.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Plot Numbers on the Complex Plane
Given a complex number, plot its corresponding point on the complex plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Cardioid
The site opens with a visual representation of how a Cardoid, a one-cusped epicycloid, is made. The site then shows the parametric, Cartesian, and polar equation for the special epicycloid. The last half of the page gives more equations...
Other
Mathematical Construction of Spirals
This is a simple lesson plan introducing how to graph using polar coordinates.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: The Ellipse
This site explain ellipse how they are formed with the foci, and gives a nice moving demonstration of drawing an ellipse. Read further down the page to equations of ellipses in different systems, including polar. The last half of the...
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Complex Numbers
The University of Saskatchewan's Department of Mathematics and Statistics provides high school students with an online tutorial on complex numbers. Students can access accompanying examples within the tutorial. After you can also test...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Area
Definitions and formulas for the computation of surface areas of triangles, rectangles, and any regular polygon. Helpful links to related pages.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Arc Length
This site from Mathworld.com defines arc length and provides formulas to find arc length in cartesian and polar coordinates, and in three dimensions.
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