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Function Plotting and Data Fitting Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11593&DocID=2505
General Purpose Math Visualizer Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
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The General Purpose Math Visualizer Package performs mathematical tasks that are commonly encountered in physics: plotting, animating, numerically differentiating and integrating,…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11250&DocID=2295
Using the Computer as a Black Box  [ Book Section ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11330&DocID=2329
Cubic Spline Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11478&DocID=2442
Hidden Function Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12185&DocID=3020
The Physics Teacher
A Simple Interactive Software Package for Plotting, Animating, and Calculating 
  
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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…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4752042
Fibonacci Spiral Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12520&DocID=3148
Fibonacci Sphere Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12521&DocID=3150
Data Fitting JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13350&DocID=3923
Vector Addition Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
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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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9996&DocID=1629
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