MOTIVATING  GEOMETRY THROUGH
COMPUTATION  AND  VISUALIZATION
funded by NSF-CCLI grant DUE-0126687

 Principal Investigator
David L. Finn
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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EXERCISES to EXPLORE with this APPLET
In this applet, a random curve is created. The curve is not a Bezier curve. Your goal is to match the curve as best you can. As you create approximations for these curves, try to answer the following questions..
  1. How do you choose where to place the control points?
  2. How do you decide the degree of the approximating Bezier curve?
  3. How does the curvature graph affect the placement of the control points?