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# Radius of Curvature interactive graph update

By Murray Bourne, 10 Apr 2012

Radius of Curvature is an interesting application of differentiation.

I recently updated the interactive graph on that page.

Screen shot - radius of curvature interactive graph

So go and explore what Radius of Curvature means and how it is applied, here:

(Technical background: I originally created the graph using GeoGebra and imported that .GGB graph into JSXGraph, but this approach does not work in Internet Explorer. Did I ever mention I hate Internet Explorer?

The new version was created from scratch in JSXGraph and it works in all browsers.)

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