USING COMPUTERS TO VISUALIZE MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS

我正在用电脑让高中生深入了解 数学思想。计算机图形学为学生提供了独特的方法 可视化和操作数学对象(例如，图形和 几何对象)。计算机图形学也呈现出精彩的 探索数学思想的动机。例如， MidasPlus的实时操作设施为 学生学习坐标的矩阵表示法 变形。计算机图形实验室还提供 这些数学公式的实用性的现实生活演示 概念。我将在加利福尼亚州的 数学理事会于1998年12月举行的年度Asilomar会议。

I am using computers to give high school students insights into mathematical ideas. Computer graphics provide students unique ways to visualize and manipulate mathematical objects (e.g. graphs and geometric objects). Computer graphics also present wonderful motivation for exploring mathematical ideas. For example, the real-time manipulation facilities of MidasPlus offers incentives to students to study matrix representations of coordinate transformations. The Computer Graphics Laboratory also provides real-life demonstrations of the utility of these mathematical concepts. I will be speaking on this topic at the California Mathematics Council's annual AsilomarConference in December 1998.