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Area Under a Curve

Applet computes the area of a figure made of rectangles which approximates the region under the given curve. This curve is the graph of a polynomial of degree three or less.

Keywords:: area, method of false position, geometry, limit, parabola

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Mathematics and Statistics / Mathematics / Calculus

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Material Type:: Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 6, 2000
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 12, 2018
Author:: Jim Carlson, University of Utah
Submitter:: John Walkup
Primary Audience:: College General Ed
Technical Format:: Website, Java Applet

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
Cost Involved:: No
Source Code Available:: No
Creative Commons:: No

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Bernd Schroeder (Faculty)

25 years ago

Nice interactive applet to visualize Riemann sums. Great for demonstrations.
Unfortunately limited to polynomials of degree 3 or less, but then again, how
many demonstrations does one need?

Technical Remarks:

Runs fine under WIN98 and Explorer