Introduction

In this lab we will study tangent vectors to polar curves.

Objectives of the lab

The objective of this lab is to compute tangent vectors to polar curves and to gain experience thinking in curvilinear coordinates.

You will need to invoke Maple for this lab.

Outline


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Frederick J. Wicklin<fjw@geom.umn.edu>
Document Created: Mon Jan 2 1995
Last modified: Wed Jan 18 12:46:58 1995