Boring Displays
Michael Kazlow
turn a sphere inside out without tearing. That was pretty neat. The only
problem was that it was a projection of a higher dimensional process that
loses something in the translation.
There are plenty of fractal displays, but personally I think they are boring.
Geometry gives rise to plenty of interesting objects(e.g. Klein bottle,
projective plane, multidimensional saddle points), that can give
rise to pretty pictures using the color plotting capability of many
modern mathematics programs (Maple, Mathematica, even Systat) however the
cost of getting decent color reproductions is not cheap.
.. Mike K.
FROM:MICHAEL KAZLOW KAZ...@PACEVM.BIT OR KAZ...@PACEVM.DAC.PACE.EDU
OS36...@wvnvaxa.wvnet.edu
Those interested in more exciting bulletin board displays
might try 3 possible sources:
1. Your local NASA Teacher Resource Center can often
provide free space-related posters. (Let me know if
you need the address/phone of the center closest to
you.)
2. A company called Creative Publications offers posters
(including some on math) for K-12 teachers. These could
be adapted/enhanced for college use. Their toll-free
ordering number is 800-624-0822.
3. Most preservice teachers are required to prepare
bulletin board displays as part of methods or other
education courses. Perhaps these could be borrowed
for temporary displays (and then returned to the
future teacher to save for later use).
Jeanne Gasiorowski
Manager, NASA Regional Teacher Resource Center
Wheeling Jesuit College
Wheeling, WV 26003
(304)243-2401