Chapter 4 Links

Section 4.1

Learn more about the FOUCAULT PENDULUM

• History of the Foucault Pendulum
• Installation of the Foucault Pendulum at the University of Louisville
• University of Guelph
• Details of the Foucault Pendulum

Learn more about JEAN BERNARD LEON FOUCAULT

• World of Biography: Jean Foucault

Learn more about PYTHAGOREAN PROPERTY OF TRIGONOMETRY

• T he Magic Identity ? SOS Math
• Pythagorean Identities
• Examples

Learn more about PYTHAGORAS OF SAMOS

Learn more about the PROOFS OF THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM

Section 4.2

Learn more about TRIGONOMETRIC IDENTITIES

• Trigonometric Identities
• Reciprocal Identities
• Ratio Identities
• Pythagorean Identities

Learn more about LIU HUI

• The MacTutor History of Mathematics
• An Overview of Chinese Mathematics

Learn more about LIU HUI?S PROOF OF THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM

Section 4.3

• Proving Identities Rigorously
• The Magic Identity

Learn more about VERIFYING TRIG IDENTITIES USING THE TI-83+/84+

Learn more about REVIEW TECHNIQUES

Trig ?Cut Ups?

• Easier Puzzle
• Harder Puzzle
• ?I Have? Who Has??
• A Hexagon of Trigonometry Triangles
• Trig Card Game
• Magic Square of Trig Identities

Learn more about the MATH OF COVALENT BONDS

• Article
• Worksheet

Section 4.4

Learn more about SOLVING TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS with the TI-83+/84+

Learn more about the INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

• Inverse Sine
• Inverse Cosine
• Inverse Tangent
• Inverse Cotangent
• Inverse Secant
• Inverse Cosecant

Learn more about GRAPHING INVERSE TRIG FUNCTIONS

• Inverse Natural Trig Functions

Learn more about INVERSE TRIG FUNCTIONS with the TI-83+/84+

Section 4.5

Learn more about PARAMETRIC FUNCTIONS

• Visual Calculus ? Livemath^TM
• Graphs of Parametric Functions ? JAVA Applet
• More Graphs of Parametric Functions ? JAVA Applet

Learn more about ELIMINATING THE PARAMETER ? JAVA Applet

Learn more about the ELLIPSE TOOL ? Mathematica

Learn more about an ASTROID

• MathWorld
• A Visual Dictionary of Famous Plane Curves
• University of St. Andrews
• JAVA Applet

Learn more about a CYCLOID

• MathWorld
• A Visual Dictionary of Famous Plane Curves
• University of St. Andrews
• JAVA Applet

Learn more about the CONCHOID OF NICOMEDES

• MathWorld
• A Visual Dictionary of Famous Plane Curves
• University of St. Andrews
• JAVA Applet

Learn more about an INVOLUTE OF A CIRCLE

• MathWorld
• A Visual Dictionary of Famous Plane Curves
• University of St. Andrews
• JAVA Applet

Section 4.6

Learn more about the INVERSE TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS

• Inverse Sine
• Inverse Cosine
• Inverse Tangent
• Inverse Cotangent
• Inverse Secant
• Inverse Cosecant

Learn more about GRAPHING INVERSE TRIG FUNCTIONS

• Inverse Natural Trig Functions

Learn more about INVERSE TRIG FUNCTIONS with the TI-83+/84+

Learn more about COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS using the TI-83+/84+

Learn more about COMPOSITION OF FUNCTIONS

• Using Post-It^TM Notes to Explain Composition ? Teacher Notes
• Composition of Functions
• Finding Domains of Composite Functions
• Practice with Composition of Functions
• Visual Calculus ? JAVA Applet

Section 4.7

Learn more about JEAN BERNARD LEON FOUCAULT

• World of Biography: Jean Foucault
• One of the most versatile experimentalists

Learn more about GALILEO?S PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS

• Galileo and the Pendulum
• Galileo on Motion

Learn more about GALILEO GALILEI

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography
• Astronomer and Physicist