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Browse by resource type
The following types of teaching materials are available on this server.
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Online calculators and plotters: among others, you may take a look at
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!set cat=T
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!href $search_addr All available online tools
listed by order of popularity.
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Calculators on numbers:
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!set key=number, complex, roots
!href $search_addr simple popup calculators
(simplify, fractions, conversions, factorization, complex numbers, etc.) and
various
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!set key=number, roots
!href $search_addr dedicated calculators
(integers, continued fraction, positive characteristics, etc.)
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Analysis
!set key=analysis, calculus, functions
!set cat=P
!href $search_addr popup tools
and
!set cat=T
!href $search_addr calculators
, for most of what you want to know on calculus and functions:
derivative, integral, limit, minimum/maximum, roots, sequences and series,
Fourier and Laplace transforms, etc.
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!set cat=T
!set key=linear algebra
!href $search_addr Linear algebra calculators
$ : linear systems, matrices, determinant, vector spaces, etc.
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!set cat=T
!set key=plotter
Various plotters:
!href $search_addr sophisticated tools
often with animations and examples, or
!set cat=P
!href $search_addr quick popup plotters
. They plot curves, surfaces, sequences/series, ...
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!set cat=T
!set key=statistics, data
!href $search_addr Statistics calculators
$ : means and deviations, histogram, regression, ...
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Interactive exercises: exercises on WIMS are of various different styles.
In particular, there are:
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!set cat=X
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!href $search_addr All available exercises
listed by order of popularity.
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!set key=graphic choices
!href $search_addr Graphic choices
that present problems by random pictures, and ask you to pick up the good
picture.
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!set key=shoot
!href $search_addr Shooting exercises
that asks you to click on the position of a hidden point, and score your
answers according to the precision of your clicks.
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!set key=draw
!href $search_addr Drawing exercises
that asks you to draw a curve with the mouse, and score your
answers according to the precision of your curves.
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!set key=coincidence
!href $search_addr Coincidence exercises
that present a picture (curve) to you, and ask you to find out an expression
generating that picture, usually allowing you to try several times.
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!set key=deductio
!href $search_addr Deductio exercises
that support interactive deductions and reasonings.
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!set key=dialog
!href $search_addr Dialog exercises
in which you may ask questions to the server in order to solve a problem.
But you will be punished if you ask useless questions!
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!set key=scenario
!href $search_addr Scenario exercises
that presents a random and possibly false reasoning, and you must find out
the bad step.
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!set cat=O
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!href $search_addr OEF exercises
(Open Exercise Format)
that are collections of online-developed exercises. Questions may be highly
random, and answers may be multiple choices, numbers, functions, etc.
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!set cat=X
!set key=contrib
!href $search_addr Exercises
contributed by various teachers and teaching institutions.
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You can also browse the exercises
!href module=$module&cmd=new&job=subject according to various subjects
.
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Mathematical recreations:
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!href $search_addr list by order of popularity
.
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