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Surfaces and Contour Plots

Eddie Fuller, West Virginia University

Lang Moore and David Smith, Duke University

Purpose: To study surfaces in space and their properties, using parameterizations and contour lines

Prerequisites: Some experience with functions of two variables -- some familiarity with cylindrical and spherical coordinates in three dimensional space is also helpful. For Part 5, prior experience with parametric representations of curves in the plane is helpful.


Kent State University Mathematics Building

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