User Manual for the Interactive Geometry Software Cinderella
Tutorial and Reference
Published on 21. June 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 143 pages
978-3-540-67139-8 (ISBN)
Description
Cinderella is a unique, technically very sophisticated teachware for geometry. It will be used as a tool by students learning Euclidean, projective, spherical and hyperbolic geometry, as well as in geometric research by scientists. Moreover, it can also serve as an authors' tool to design web pages with interactive constructions or even complete geometry exercises.
More details
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
College/higher education
Professional/practitioner
Illustrations
185 s/w Abbildungen
X, 143 p. 185 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-67139-8 (9783540671398)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-58318-6
Schweitzer Classification
Content
2 Introduction.- 2.1 Sample Applications.- 2.2 Design and Features.- 2.3 Technical Background.- 3 A Quick Start.- 3.1 Pappos' Theorem.- 3.2 A Three Bar Linkage.- 4 Behind the Scenes.- 4.1 Problems in Interactive Geometry.- 4.2 Projective Geometry.- 4.3 Homogeneous Coordinates.- 4.4 Complex Numbers.- 4.5 Measurements and Complex Numbers.- 4.6 The Principle of Continuity.- 5 Reference.- 5.1 Overview.- 5.2 General Tools.- 5.3 Geometries.- 5.4 The Views.- 5.5 The Appearance Editor.- 6 Creating Interactive Webpages and Exercises.- 6.1 Glossary.- 6.2 Exporting Plain Examples.- 6.3 Exporting Animations.- 6.4 Creating Interactive Exercises.- 6.5 Post-Processing.- 6.6 Legal Issues.- 7 Installation.- 7.1 General Information.- 7.2 Installing on Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.0.- 7.3 Installation on Unix Platforms.- 7.4 Installing on MacOS.- 7.5 Installing on Other Java Platforms.- 7.6 Installing Using a Web Browser.- 7.7 Troubleshooting.- 7.8 Installing Netscape.- 8 License Agreement.- 8.1 Conditions of Use and Terms of Warranty.- 8.2 Nutzungs- und Garantiebedingungen.- 8.3 Java(tm) Runtime Environment.- 9 References.