A Simple Interactive Software Package for Plotting, Animating, and Calculating

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A Physics Teacher article that describes a simple EJS software package for performing common mathematical tasks including plotting and animating functions, solving systems of coupled algebraic equations, and basic calculus (differentiating and integrating functions of a single variable).

The Physics Teacher: Volume 50, Issue 10, Pages 402 - 404

https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4752042

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DOI:: 10.1119/1.4752042
PACSs:: 01.50.ht; 01.50.Lc; 02.10.-v; 02.30.-f
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created September 11, 2012 by Larry Engelhardt
Record Updated:: February 24, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: October 1, 2012
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=12407">Engelhardt, Larry. "A Simple Interactive Software Package for Plotting, Animating, and Calculating." Phys. Teach. 50, no. 10, (October 1, 2012): 402 - 404.</a>

AIP Format

L. Engelhardt, , Phys. Teach. 50 (10), 402 (2012), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4752042).

AJP/PRST-PER

L. Engelhardt, A Simple Interactive Software Package for Plotting, Animating, and Calculating, Phys. Teach. 50 (10), 402 (2012), <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4752042>.

APA Format

Engelhardt, L. (2012, October 1). A Simple Interactive Software Package for Plotting, Animating, and Calculating. Phys. Teach., 50(10), 402 - 404. Retrieved June 8, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4752042

Chicago Format

Engelhardt, Larry. "A Simple Interactive Software Package for Plotting, Animating, and Calculating." Phys. Teach. 50, no. 10, (October 1, 2012): 402 - 404, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4752042 (accessed 8 June 2025).

MLA Format

Engelhardt, Larry. "A Simple Interactive Software Package for Plotting, Animating, and Calculating." Phys. Teach. 50.10 (2012): 402 - 404. 8 June 2025 <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4752042>.

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