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Exploring Conic Sections with a Computer Algebra System
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| Organization: | California State University Fullerton |
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| Collegiate Microcomputer Quarterly |
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Computer explorations with a computer algebra system (CAS) can be used to illuminate ideas in analytic geometry and calculus. Given five points in a plane, a unique conic section will pass through them, but the details of finding it are overwhelming to do by hand. The computer algebra system Mathematica is used to assist with these computations which are suitable for an undergraduate computer laboratory exercise.
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