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ApproxTool

News: ApproxTool, version 2.8.4 is available!

 

ApproxTool is an applet useful to illustrate several kinds of function approximation techniques including interpolating polynomials, cubic splines, least squares polynomials, Chebyshev polynomials, Legendre polynomials, and Taylor polynomials.

Download/Use it!

 

Get it/use it

Go here to use ApproxTool or download ApproxTool to distribute as you see fit. Go to the Installation page (link at top of page) for more info on installing the ApproxTool applet on your computer.If you want to take a peek at the version history of this applet, knock yourself out.

Teaching Tools.

 

Teaching tools

One set of discovery-based questions (developed by Michelle Ghrist) is located here. The grading rubric is here.