Re: volumes of solids of revolution
- Subject: [mg2940] Re: volumes of solids of revolution
- From: wagner at bullwinkle.cs.Colorado.EDU (Dave Wagner)
- Date: 13 Jan 1996 04:56:59 -0600
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- Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
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In article <4cqjs1$ig5 at dragonfly.wri.com>, K. Ellis <ellis at ionet.net> wrote: > >I have studied the Mathematica manuals and I have been >unable to find how to graphically illustrate "slicing" >to find volumes of solids generated by rotating about a >line. I am interested in helping my calculus students >visualize disk slicing and cylindrical shell slicing. > Check out the standard package Graphics`SurfaceOfRevolution. Dave Wagner Principia Consulting (303) 786-8371 dbwagner at princon.com http://www.princon.com/princon