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.

» home » Search » Search Results

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
General Purpose Math Visualizer Package  [ Computer Program ]
  
More...
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,…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11250&DocID=2295
Using the Computer as a Black Box  [ Book Section ]
  
More...
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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11330&DocID=2329
Hidden Function Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
More...
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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12185&DocID=3020
Cubic Spline Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
More...
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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11478&DocID=2442
Function Plotting and Data Fitting Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
More...
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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=11593&DocID=2505
The Physics Teacher
A Simple Interactive Software Package for Plotting, Animating, and Calculating 
  
More...
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…
https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4752042
Fibonacci Spiral Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
More...
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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12520&DocID=3148
Fibonacci Sphere Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
More...
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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=12521&DocID=3150
Data Fitting JS Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
More...
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…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=13350&DocID=3923
Function Visualizer Model  [ Computer Program ]
  
More...
Match Score:
100
Byline:
W. Christian and F. Esquembre
 Post a comment | Relations | Standards
The Function Visualizer Model displays the graph of a function f(x) with arbitrary parameters.  The function can contain polynomial, trigonometric, and exponential expressions as…
https://www.compadre.org/OSP/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=9190&DocID=1232
|  Next >>   
Results #1-#10 of 12

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