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Deposit #81

Louis A. Talman
Dept. of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Metropolitan State College of Denver

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Talman created individual images for the Quick Time Movie  using
Wolfram Mathematica®. 
If you do not have Quick Time installed on your computer click here for the latest version.









How to Visualize a Contour Map ~
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Click here to see the Quick Time Player Movie Animation
[ Be patient. ]

from . . .

from a three-dimensional representation . . . . . . . .
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to a planar curve or map.

2007

Did you know . . .
Contour curves, also known as topographic maps, have an enormous number of applications in applied mathematics.  Mining and oil exploration, weather maps, contours of temperature (isotherms) and pressure (isobars) are a few examples.  Basically, these curves or maps are a way to display three-dimensional features on a planar surface.


References that should be in most university libraries.
Gray, Alfred, Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with MATHEMATICA®, CRC Press, 1998, p. 300.
McQuarrie, Donald A., Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers, University Science Books, 2003, pp. 234-235.
Hughes-Hallet, Gleason, McCallum, et al., Calculus, Single and
Multivariable, 4th ed., John Wiley and Sons, 2005, Section 12.3, pp. 618-629.
Stewart, James, Essential Calculus: Early Transcendentals, Thomson:Brooks/Cole, 2007, pp. 594-595.
Stewart, James, Calculus: Early Transcendentals 5e ed., Thomson:Brooks/Cole, 2003, p. 893. 
Stewart, James, Calculus 5e ed., Thomson:Brooks/Cole, 2003, p. 929.

The National Curve Bank thanks Lou Talman for Deposit #81.
Be sure to see his collection of animations.
[email:   talmanl@mscd.edu ]