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From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 10 Feb 2010 18:30
I've just started student teaching (high school math) and am looking for
a quick and easy tool for generated fairly straight forward graphs of
mathematical functions on a coordinate grid. Ideally I would like
output in PDF for easy inclusion in the iWorks or LaTeX.

I have R installed, but have never learned how to use it. I'm hoping
for something that will be quick to learn and make it easy to create 2D
graphs both Cartesian and Polar.

If people have recommendations, I'd love to hear them.


Cheers,

-j


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From: Tom Harrington on 10 Feb 2010 19:53
In article <7tgtt4Fg9tU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote:

> I've just started student teaching (high school math) and am looking for
> a quick and easy tool for generated fairly straight forward graphs of
> mathematical functions on a coordinate grid. Ideally I would like
> output in PDF for easy inclusion in the iWorks or LaTeX.
>
> I have R installed, but have never learned how to use it. I'm hoping
> for something that will be quick to learn and make it easy to create 2D
> graphs both Cartesian and Polar.
>
> If people have recommendations, I'd love to hear them.

How about Mac OS X's built-in Grapher app? Simple to use, has multiple
graph types (including polar and polar log), exports to PDF and other
graphic formats. See Applications --> Utilities --> Grapher.

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From: Jeffrey Goldberg on 10 Feb 2010 21:30
On 2010-02-10 6:53 PM, Tom Harrington wrote:
> Jeffrey Goldberg<nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote:

>> [I] am looking for a quick and easy tool for generated fairly
>> straight forward graphs of mathematical functions on a coordinate
>> grid. [...] I'm hoping for something that will be quick to learn
>> and make it easy to create 2D graphs both Cartesian and Polar.


> How about Mac OS X's built-in Grapher app? Simple to use, has multiple
> graph types (including polar and polar log), exports to PDF and other
> graphic formats. See Applications --> Utilities --> Grapher.

Thank you! That is precisely what I need. And to think, it's been
there all along.

Cheers,

-j

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From: 4-2-0 on 15 Feb 2010 12:48
Octave is perfect for this. And it also does calculations on vast arrays
of numbers.

http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/index.html




In article <7th8e3Fua3U1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote:

> On 2010-02-10 6:53 PM, Tom Harrington wrote:
> > Jeffrey Goldberg<nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote:
>
> >> [I] am looking for a quick and easy tool for generated fairly
> >> straight forward graphs of mathematical functions on a coordinate
> >> grid. [...] I'm hoping for something that will be quick to learn
> >> and make it easy to create 2D graphs both Cartesian and Polar.
>
>
> > How about Mac OS X's built-in Grapher app? Simple to use, has multiple
> > graph types (including polar and polar log), exports to PDF and other
> > graphic formats. See Applications --> Utilities --> Grapher.
>
> Thank you! That is precisely what I need. And to think, it's been
> there all along.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -j
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