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The Planimeter

An elegant planimeter applet. The user can pick from 6 built-in figures to compute the area by tracing around the perimeter. Shows the planimeter vector field and the roller computing the line integral. A separate page provides the explanation of this classical Green's theorem application.

Identifier: 
http://www.mathematik.com/Planimeter/
Rating: 
Average: 3 (295 votes)
Creator(s): 
Oliver Knill
Cataloger: 
Gabriel Lugo
Publisher: 
The Connected Curriculum Project
Rights: 
Free