Ms221 Videocassette 1

Synopsis: A (17 min): Looks at how the curves known as conics arise in different contexts and at the specific properties that lead to ways of describing them mathematically. / (41 min): Examines isometric transformations, showing translation, rotation and reflection; looks at their properties, at composite transformations, and introduces glide reflection; reviews the above, including the idea of a basic motif.
Series: Exploring Mathematics, Course Ms221
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats, col. 121 min.
Year of production: 1996
Availability: AVAILABLE ONLY AS PART OF COURSE MATERIALS
Notes: Support video for use with Chapters A2, A3, B4, C2 and D1. D (21 min): In 2 parts: 1) looks at how the graph of a function drawn in the real plane relates to whether it has real roots, conincident real roots or complex roots, reinforced the so-called fundamental theorem of algebra; 2) looks at finding nth roots of unity.
Subjects: Mathematics
Keywords: calculus; complex numbers; conics

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