David Smith and Lang Moore,
Duke University
Bill Mueller, Mathworks
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| Purpose: to establish
the meanings of gradient and directional derivative in the context of a
contour map of real terrain |
| Prerequisites:
the concepts of gradient and directional derivative |
| Equipment
needed: a printer (for the downloaded contour map), a metric ruler,
and a calculator |
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| Photo credit: National
Park Service, Yosemite National
Park home page. For other views of Yosemite, visit the Waterfall
Notebook and the Virtual
Yosemite sites. For many other links to Yosemite information, try the
Yosemite Web Index. |
