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The Equiangular Spiral - Introduction

Author(s): 
Lang Moore, David Smith, and Bill Mueller

This module uses the problem of modeling growth in a chambered nautilus shell to give the user experience with the concepts of polar coordinates and parametric curves.

Notes for the Instructor

About this Module and its Authors

Choice of Computer Algebra System

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Ver. 6
or higher

Ver. 6
or higher

Ver. 3.0
or higher

Ver. 5.1
or higher

 

Copyright 2001, CCP and the authors

Published December, 2001

Lang Moore, David Smith, and Bill Mueller, "The Equiangular Spiral - Introduction," Convergence (December 2004)