Revolving a Rectangle About an Axis
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg32206] Revolving a Rectangle About an Axis
- From: rrosario11 at hotmail.com (Ryan R. Rosario)
- Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 00:11:01 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Happy New Year everyone! I am trying to help a calculus 1 student understand the disk method for solids of revolution by using Mathematica graphics. I have created a function that produces a series of "typical rectangles" for a given function and its endpoints. How can I revolve a rectangle about an axis? I would like to revolve the rectangle so that it represents a three dimensional disk. Is this possible? If so, how can I do it? Thanks in Advance, Ryan