Calculus IV Project 1 Fall 1999 Due 11/15/99
The basic idea:
Build an interesting surface and measure something about it.
A little more detail:
Using materials of your choice, actually construct a surface (probably
the graph of some function of two variables, but I'm very willing to consider
other options). You get to pick the surface, the materials, everything.
Once you've got it built, measure something about it that has relevance
to what we've done -- a directional derivative at some point, the direction
of a gradient, volume, surface area, or whatever else interests you.
What actually to turn in:
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Your surface, if it's transportable, otherwise a photograph or other likeness
of it
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A brief writeup describing:
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How you made it
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How you made it conform as closely as possible to the formula (or whatever
it was you were trying to represent)
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How your measurement was carried out and how accurate you think it was
Grading:
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Up to 5 points for the ambitiousness of the project
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Up to 5 points for how well it was carried out (including accuracy)
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Up to 5 points for how well it is presented