Chapter 7 Links

Section 7.1

Learn more about FAMILIES OF FUNCTIONS

Learn more about LINEAR FUNCTIONS

• The Function Institute
• Exploring Linear Functions: Representational Relationships
• Linear Function Machine ? JAVA Applet
• Graphing Linear Functions ? Clarisworks

Learn more about QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS

• University of North Carolina at Wilmington
• Engineering Statistics Handbook
• Load Cell Calibration Case Study
• Problem of a Quadratic Function ? JAVA Applet

Learn more about POWER FUNCTIONS

• Calculus Quest
• Powers of X: Positive Integer Powers ? UBC Calculus
• Self-assessment Questions

Learn more about EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• The Function Institute
• Graphing Exponential Functions ? Clarisworks
• Families of Exponential Functions ? Visual Calculus

Learn more about GEOMETRIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF FUNCTIONS

Section 7.2

Learn more about GRAPHING EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Learn more about PROJECT 33 ? CONSTRUCTING A PARABOLA WITH SLIDERS USING GSP

Section 7.3

Learn more about CHARLES BABBAGE

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• Father of Computing
• The Misanthrope
• World of Biography

Learn more about GASPARD DE PRONY

• MacTutor History of Mathematics

Learn more about LUIGI MENABREA

• MacTutor History of Mathematics

Learn more about LADY ADA LOVELACE

• MacTutor History of Mathematics

Learn more about ALAN TURING

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• The Alan Turing Home Page

Learn more about COMPUTING MACHINERY

Learn more about KING KONG

Learn more about SCIENCES IN GULLIVER?S TRAVELS

Section 7.4

Learn more about LOGARITHMS

Learn more about the COMMON LOGARITHM

Learn more about the NATURAL LOGARITHM

Learn more about the NAPIERIAN LOGARITHM

Learn more about LOGARITHMIC AND EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Properties of Logarithms
• Rules of Logarithms
• Change the Base of a Logarithm
• Solving Logarithmic Equations
• Exponential Rules
• Solving Exponential Equations
• Solving Word Problems
• Graphs of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

Learn more about LOGARITHMS: HISTORY AND USE

Learn more about JOHN NAPIER

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• The History of Computing Project

Learn more about JOOST BURGI

• MacTutor History of Mathematics

Learn more about JOHN WALLIS

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• Trinity College, Dublin

Learn more about JOHANN BERNOULLI

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography

Learn more about HENRY BRIGGS

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• The History of Computing Project

Learn more about a SLIDE RULE

• Introduction to the Slide Rule
• Slide Rule Resource Centre

Learn more about EDMUND GUNTER

• MacTutor History of Mathematics

Section 7.5

Learn more about the pH SCALE

• What does pH mean?
• Acid Rain and the Facts
• Acid Rain and Water
• Acid Rain and Forests
• Acid Rain and Air Quality
• Acid Rain and Your Health
• What?s Being Done?

Learn more about CARBON-14 DATING

• How Carbon-14 Dating Works
• How Carbon-14 is Made
• Dating a Fossil
• The Method
• How Accurate are Radioactive Dating Methods?
• Nondestructive Testing Resource Center

Learn more about RICHTER MAGNITUDE

• What is Richter Magnitude?
• US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazard Program
• Major Earthquakes

Learn more about NAPIER?S BONES

• MathWorld
• Napier's Bones and the Genaille-Lucas Rulers
• Napier?s Bones in Various Bases

Section 7.6

Learn more about LOGISTIC FUNCTIONS

• Modeling Representation
• Algebraic Representation
• Numeric Representation
• Graphic Representation
• MathWorld: Logistic Equation

Learn more about THOMAS MALTHUS

• Encyclozine
• Berkeley
• The Victorian Web
• Blue Pete Biographies

Learn more about an ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION

Learn more PIERRE VERHULST

• MacTutor History of Mathematics
• World of Biography

Learn more about APPLICATIONS OF THE LOGISTIC MODEL

• Human Population Dynamics Revisited with the Logistic Model
• A Model for Epidemics
• Modeling Yeast-Sugar Interactions
• Modeling Population Growth

Section 7.7

Learn more about SLOPE FIELDS

• Qualitative Techniques: Slope Fields
• Example