 Adding remote computational capabilities to Dynamic Geometry SystemsJesús Escribano, Francisco Botana and Miguel A. Abánades Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), 2010, vol. 80, issue 6, 1177-1184 Abstract: A Dynamic Geometry System (DGS) is a computer application that allows the exact drawing and dynamic manipulation of geometric constructions. DGS have been the paradigm of new technologies applied to Math education, but some authors have claimed that some symbolic capabilities should be added to this systems. We present an example of communication between the commercial DGS Cabri, The Geometer’s Sketchpad and Cinderella and two Computer Algebra Systems (CAS), Mathematica and CoCoA. The tool is a web application designed to symbolically process locus, proof and discovery tasks on geometric diagrams. Named LAD (Locus–Assertion–Discovery), it is a remote add-on for the three DGS. LAD is a prototype oriented to research users. We also describe LADucation, a one-click educational version of LAD. By just uploading the file generated by the considered DGS, graphs and equations of geometric loci are computed. Keywords: Dynamic geometry; Automatic deduction; Internet accessible mathematical computation (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:matcom:v:80:y:2010:i:6:p:1177-1184 DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2008.04.019 Access Statistics for this article Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) is currently edited by Robert Beauwens More articles in Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM) from Elsevier |
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