Cylindrical Coordinates by Paul Belliveau

Cylindrical Coordinates by Paul Belliveau
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2017-05-15 21:51
This example demonstrates the representation of points in cylindrical coordinates and the construction of geometric shapes in 3D space. Key mathematical concepts include cylindrical coordinates, polar coordinates, and solid geometry. The construction utilizes GeoGebra commands/objects such as Segment, r (radius), theta (angle), h (height), A (point), O (origin), f (function), B (point), g (shape), i (object), c (object), and a (object). Suitable for high school students and above learning spatial geometry and coordinate transformations, or for educational demonstrations.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Segment(O, A) → f
  2. Segment(O, B) → g
  3. Segment(A, B) → i