Some useful links for iMTH123 – College Algebra and Trigonometry
This is a collection of links for college algebra and trignometry. During the course of the term, you may want to check these out, or I may direct you to check these out
A collection of links that act as gateways or portals to other links. More specific ones are below.
math archive site A comprehensive list of links to on-line math demonstrations
ExploreMath (A good collection of shockwave applets for exploring math concepts)
A mathematics toolkit Has lots of demonstrations for this class and beyond. You can graph functions, solve polynomials etc.
Mathwright (not spell right!) Uses a windows plugin to demonstrate math topcis in precalculus.
Math for Morons Like Us A site that has a formula database, a list of topics for algebra and precalc and others.
Some links for using the calculator
TI-81 emulator note this is an 81, not 82
TI-82,83 tutorial A tutorial to learn these calculators
EasyCalc A graphical calculator for the palm pilot. This can replace the TI-83 for those who don’t mind learning on their own.
links about lines
Exploring lines A sheet offered through TI for exploring the effects of changing values in the equation of a line.
Links about functions and their graphs.
The function institute Lots of facts and java applets about functions including the ones in this class: polynomials, exponential, logarithm and trigonometric.
Links about quadratic functions.
Exploring the vertex of a parabola (From the TI-82 site.)
Java Applets for polynomials This has several applets for polynomials that allow you to change their coefficients and interactively view the results.
Links about conic sections: parabolas, ellipses, circles, hyperbola.
Occurence of conics A nice short site that has nice illustrations of the conic sections in action.