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Number Theory, Baseball and Fiction Deposit #95
Quasi-Spherical Orbitals Deposit #98
Definition of the Limit: An Epsilon-Delta Streaming Video Deposit #94
A History of Math Class visits the Huntington Library Deposit #93
Sum of an Infinite Series Deposit #96
Leibniz on the Derivative: Acta Eruditorum (1684)

2008

Catenary with MATHEMATICA®Animation Renie Award for 2009 Deposit #84
The Gaussian Distribution Deposit #92
Polygonal Geometry: Penrose Tilings and Hinged Dissections Deposit #89
Comparison of Descent Times: Brachistochrone vs. Parabola Deposit #88
Circles: From The Nine Chapters to the 21st Century
Deposit #85
Curve Sketching:  Nodes and Singularities Deposit #86
Sea Shells as Mathematics GRAPHER Animation Deposit #83
Ogive - Ogee Curves Deposit #82
2007
Infinite Series in the Calculus: The Harmonic Series - A Video Streaming Video Deposit #75
Brachistochrone:   MATHEMATICA® Animation Deposit #77
Pretzel as a Curve :  GRAPHER Animation Deposit #79
Skew Line on a Torus:   MAPLE Animation Deposit #78
The Conics and Stereographic Projection:  To Infinity and Beyond Power Point Deposit #76
Wankel Engine:  MATHEMATICA® Animation
Revised Deposit #53
The Semicubical or Neile's Parabola:  OCTAVE Animation Deposit #80
Contour Curve or Map: MATHEMATICA®Animation Renie Award for 2008

Vector Calculus Bridge Project JAVA #64
        
Renie Award 2007  -  A Trio of Contributors:
         Hamilton, Maxwell, Gibbs

 Wavelets #65 Introduction
         Wavelets Part II
#65 Matrix Equations
         Wavelets Applications Compression

AP Calculus Graphing Calculator
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#52 A Review
         BC Level #56 A Review

Brachistochrone #58 Renie Award 2006
         Brachistochrone II Derivation and History
         Brachistochrone III Bernoulli's Figures
         Brachistochrone IV #60 Euler-Lagrange
         Brachistochrone V Model from Florence

Pursuit Family of Curves/a> Deposit #59
Pursuit Java Applet Deposit #66

Interactive Trig Applet Deposit #55

Calculus: Area ~Solid of Rev. #37 Renie 2005

Calculus: Solid of Revolution #36 Renie 2005

Polar Animations Using Maplesoft®

Paraboloid Interactive Java 3D & Source Code

Chemistry:  pH  Acid/Base Deposit #28

Coriolis Acceleration Vector Physics

Research on Teaching
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Twin Primes Deposit #19 Number Theory

Two Classics Deposit #17

Calculus Deposit #15

Steiner Roman Surfaces Deposit #11

Hippopede of Proclus Deposit #10

Derivative Deposit #9  

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Polar Graphs  #73 POVRAY Code

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         Areas between Curves #67 For Calculus-Science
         Function Grapher #72 Graphs Any Function
         Radioactive Decay Curves #68 A Comparison
         Baravelle Spirals - Infinite Series #69 Patience!

Oblique Cone Deposit #63 in Spanish

Conchoid of Nicomedes MATHEMATICA® #61

Osculating Circles MATHEMATICA® Deposit #54

Geometric Series Video Deposit #44

Graph Theory PowerPoint Deposit #39

Sequence: Goodstein's Interactive Deposit #34

Curves in MATHEMATICA® Deposit #38

Cycloid Family Maplesoft® - Renie Award 2004

Möbius Strip Maplesoft Code and Java 3D

Sine/Cosine Applet  Deposit #26

Gibbs Phenomenon  Deposit #25

Logarithmic Spiral  Deposit #20

Unit Circle Deposit #18

Sphericons  Renie Award 2003

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Lemniscate of Bernoulli  

Sierpinski's Triangles Deposit #2

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Tom Lehrer - New Math   Deposit #10 Cambridge Mathematics Deposit #43
Cayley Table Quilts Deposit #48 Tour of Newton's England  # 74
More Quilts: A Sierpinski Curve #51 Pascal's Triangle Deposit #46
Menger's Sponge 3-d Analog of Sierpinski's Carpet Baseball
Image Compression Deposit #65 Bat Country: Baseball Tetrahedra Deposit #87
Visit to the Huntington Library Deposit #93 Fibonacci's Pisa Deposit #97

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The National Curve Bank is a resource for students of mathematics.  We strive to provide features - for example, animation and interaction - that a printed page cannot offer.  We also include geometrical, algebraic, and historical aspects of curves, the kinds of attributes that make the mathematics special and enrich classroom learning.

We welcome participation.  We encourage you to submit your best web animation as a "deposit" in the National Curve Bank.  Also, we welcome information about other outstanding sites that deal with the same subject.  We will provide links to your home site and thus give your work a wide audience.  Please see "Submit Your Curve" on the left for details.

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This site is maintained by
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Russ Abbott, Department of Computer Science
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[ Beta Release: July 4, 2001. National Release: July 4, 2002. ]

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