Composite Transformations of Tangent Function and Stochastic Curve Sketching

Composite Transformations of Tangent Function and Stochastic Curve Sketching
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2017-02-25 10:28
This example demonstrates the graphical behavior of the tangent function under composite transformations, combined with stochastic process concepts to illustrate dynamic curve sketching. Core mathematical concepts include periodicity, asymptotes, reflection, means (averages), and stochastic or random processes. Construction highlights: using GeoGebra commands such as Element, Point, Vector, Segment, Sequence, Textfield, Derivative, and Zip, with objects like B, C, TrigFn, k, A, TrigL, f, a_1, a, f_a, u, text1, text2, x_0, f_x, etc. Parameters are controlled via sliders or text inputs, derivatives are used to analyze function changes, and sequences generate random points or curves. Suitable for high school to undergraduate mathematics education, useful for understanding trigonometric transformations, function graphing, and visualization of stochastic processes.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Element(TrigL, TrigFn) → f
  2. Point(yAxis) → a
  3. Vector(a, f_a) → u
  4. Segment(C_1, D) → e
  5. Vector(E, F) → v
  6. Sequence((k, f(k)), k, C - π, C + π, 0.5235987755982988) → list1
  7. Sequence(Vector[(0, k), (2, f(k))], k, C - π, C + π, 0.5235987755982988) → list2
  8. Sequence(Segment[(i, f(i)), ((2 * C) - i, f((2 * C) - i))], i, C - π, C, 0.5235987755982988) → list3
  9. Vector(G, H) → w
  10. Segment(f_x, J) → j
  11. Sequence(Segment[(i, f(i)), (π - i, f(π - i))], i, 0, 3.141592653589793, 0.5235987755982988) → supl
  12. Textfield(B) → inputBox1
  13. Textfield(C) → InputBox1
  14. Derivative(f) → f'
  15. Vector(f_a, (2, y(f_a) + f'(y(a)))) → h
  16. Sequence(-5, 5) → nlist
  17. Zip(((1 / B * ((2 * k) + 1)) * π / 2) - C / B, k, nlist) → xtrslist
  18. Zip((z, f(z)), z, xtrslist) → xtrspts
  19. Zip(((1 / B * k) * π) - C / B, k, nlist) → xrtclist
  20. Zip((z, f(z)), z, xrtclist) → xtrcpts
  21. Textfield(A) → InputBox2
  22. Segment(a, Q) → l
  23. Segment(a, P) → m
  24. Vector(P, f_a) → n
  25. Vector(Q, f_a) → p
  26. Segment(f_x, M) → s
  27. Segment(f_x, R) → q