Studying Collision Theory using JavaScript
Paul Bouthellier
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
Titusville, PA 16354
Phone: (814) 827-4432
Fax: (814) 827-5574
E-mail: pbouthe@pitt.edu
ABSTRACT
Mathematically modeling collisions between objects is a common problem seen in many courses. The problem can be simplified and studied in trigonometry or analyzed in detail in higher-level courses. JavaScript, a scripting language for writing programs that run on web pages, will be used to allow students to run simulations of their results. The problem will be studied at a level suitable for students from trigonometry to linear algebra.
