Re: [Descartes-general] math-grapher
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From: Joachim W. <wu...@we...> - 2005-09-21 19:12:22
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Beste Mario, dank U wel voor U mail, > what that software does is far to much for my needs: I just want =20 > something Open Source (I want to involve my pupils in the project) If you are using the computer in a math course, there is little chance tha= t you will have time to involve your students in the internals of a plotting= program. At best, you could aim at getting the students to modify little numeric scripts; within descartes, for instance, the user can add a plugin= that contains a function definition. btw: I will be glad to discuss with you the pedagogical aspect of your pro= ject; since this is a little bit out of the scope of the descartes mailing list,= please feel free to write to my private email address (and feel free to write in = Dutch). Just tell me more precisely what you expect the students to do. > that =20 > is able to draw one or more f(x) =3D ... and possibly compute tangent =20 > lines... other fancy things like derivatives or integrals and area =20 > between two or more curves/axes, zero or maxima, could also be nice but = =20 > can come later... It is a reasoned decision that descartes allows you to plot whatever f(x) = you like, but not to perform algebraic manipulations like calculating a deriva= tive - this, again, is more a pedagogical than a technical topic. >=20 > I have written, in just two hours work, a small almost working python =20 > thing based on wxglade and Gnuplot. before I go on, I will have a look = =20 > at your project, but I don't want to make too much pressure: if the =20 > pupils are going to participate, then it will be difficult to mainain =20 > stability... I don't know. actually my fear is that I ask: "who of =20 > you has linux at home" and they stare at me wondering which language I =20 > am speaking. It depends. Among my twenty 17-years-old students, two had Linux at home, but I guess that's an above-average score. I don't know if wxglade also runs on windows, I =20 > understood that your software does... =20 > why don't you put it into the =20 > sourceforge cvs system=3F The zip file which is available for download at the descartes project site= contains the entire source (just one Python file, but this will change in the future); so I do not see any advantage in using cvs. Best regards, Joachim =5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F=5F Mit der Gruppen-SMS von WEB.DE FreeMail k=F6nnen Sie eine SMS an alle=20 Freunde gleichzeitig schicken: http://freemail.web.de/features/=3Fmc=3D021179 |