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Department of Mathematics
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona 85721
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This slide show consists of various graphs of the
same function, seen over different domains. Frequently people
are under the impression that if "enough points" of a function
are plotted, and then joined, the resultant graph accurately portrays
the original function. This is the principle used by all computer
graphing packages. People are even questioning the wisdom of teaching
curve sketching in calculus, because of such packages. The following
slide show is designed to display some of the pitfalls of graphing
by plotting points, and then joining them. In fact calculus is
essential in deciding the accuracy of any graph.
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Download troub_ss.zip [107 KB].
Look at the readme file from the
program.
Look at other programs in the University
of Arizona collection.
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