APS Excellence in Physics Education Award
November 2019

Education Prize Logo
Science SPORE Prize
November 2011

NSF Logo
The Open Source Physics Project is supported by NSF DUE-0442581.

Search Results

You may use the options below to change your display:
Alter display preferences

The following options can help you tailor your search display:

results per page
Restricted to General Topic: Mathematical Tools
Restricted to Specific Topic: Algebra
Close your folders

Refine your search


Narrow your results

By Subject:

By OSP Type:

By OSP Category:

By Resource Type:

By Context:
  • (1)
  • (3)
  • (9)
  • (12)
  • (6)

By Collection:


|  Next >>   
Results #1-#10 of 12
sort by: relevance | subject | date | title | author
Function Plotting and Data Fitting Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
Match Score:
100
Byline:
L. Engelhardt
Post a comment | Relations
The Function Plotting and Data Fitting Model allows you to create customizable plots to interactively explore the properties of up to five functions at a time.  When you…
General Purpose Math Visualizer Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
Match Score:
100
Byline:
L. Engelhardt
Post a comment | Relations
The General Purpose Math Visualizer Package performs mathematical tasks that are commonly encountered in physics: plotting, animating, numerically differentiating and integrating,…
Using the Computer as a Black Box  [ Book Section ]
  
Match Score:
100
Byline:
L. Engelhardt
Post a comment | Relations
Chapter 1 of Open Source tools for Computational Physics: An introduction to EJS and Python . This chapter introduces the use of the computer as a “black box” (i.e., without…
Cubic Spline Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
Match Score:
100
Byline:
W. Christian
Post a comment | Relations
The Cubic Spline Model displays a cubic spline and its derivatives. The model constructs N third-order piecewise continuous polynomialz (cubic splines) that connect N data points…
Hidden Function Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
Match Score:
100
Byline:
W. Christian
Post a comment | Relations | Standards
The Hidden Function model evaluates a function f(x) with parameters. It is designed to teach function concepts by allowing a teacher to define a function, hide that function in a…
The Physics Teacher
  
Match Score:
100
Post a comment | Relations
L. Engelhardt, Phys. Teach., 50 (10), 402 - 404 (2012).
A Physics Teacher article that describes a user-friendly EJS software package for performing common mathematical tasks including plotting and animating functions, solving systems of…
Fibonacci Spiral Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
Match Score:
100
Byline:
W. Christian
Post a comment | Relations
The Fibonacci Spiral Model draws a geometric spiral whose growth is regulated by the Fibonacci series. Its growth parallels the rapid growth of the series itself. The golden spiral…
Fibonacci Sphere Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
Match Score:
100
Byline:
W. Christian
Post a comment | Relations
The Fibonacci Sphere Model draws n equidistant points on a sphere by distributing the points on a Fibonacci spiral. The sequence the produces this distribution separates advances the…
Data Fitting JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
Match Score:
100
Byline:
F. Esquembre
View comments | Relations
The Data Fitting JS Model uses a least square fitting algorithm to fit a polynomial curve to a data set. Users can add points by clicking within the plotting panel. This model is…
Vector Addition Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
Match Score:
100
Byline:
A. Duffy
Post a comment | Relations | Standards
The Vector Addition model allows the user to practice vector addition of two vectors in two dimensions. You are given the magnitude and direction of the two vectors, and your goal is…
|  Next >>   
Results #1-#10 of 12

OSP Projects:
Open Source Physics - EJS Modeling
Tracker
Physlet Physics
Physlet Quantum Physics
STP Book