Matter gravitates, but does gravity matter?

• Autores: C. W. Groetsch
• Localización: Primus: problems, resources, and issues in mathematics undergraduate studies, ISSN 1051-1970, Vol. 21, Nº. 2, 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: A Tribute to Brian J. Winkel), págs. 142-148
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1080/10511970903528094
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• Resumen

  • The interplay of physical intuition, computational evidence, and mathematical rigor in a simple trajectory model is explored. A thought experiment based on the model is used to elicit student conjectures on the influence of a physical parameter; a mathematical model suggests a computational investigation of the conjectures, and rigorous analysis at the level of elementary calculus is used to settle the issue.