MAPPING FIELDS at MIT -- A TEAL Applet

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This applet allows you to see how various analytic vector functions look in a "grass seeds" representation, letting you visualize the vector functions more clearly. You can also explore the set of curves which are perpendicular to your analytic function (these are equipotentials if the your function corresponds to an electrostatic field). Enter the x-component of your analytic vector function in the top text box, using standard convections (i.e. "*" for multiplicaton, "/" for division, "^" for exponents). Enter the y-component of your analytic vector function in the bottom text box. Then choose either "grass seeds" or "equipotentials" depending on what you want displayed.

Click here to start the applet (will not run on Macintosh).
Note: you must have Java™ J2SE v1.4+ JRE (this is a download link) installed
Funded by the d'Arbeloff Fund for Excellence in MIT Education, the MIT/Microsoft iCampus Alliance, and NSF DUE.