A Computer-Based "Laboratory" Course in Mathmetical Methods for Physics: The Legendre Polynomials Module

Richard J. Jacob, Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
Richard R. Silbar, WhistleSoft, Inc., Los Alamos NM

This paper was given at MSET '99, the conference on Mathematics and Science Educational Technology held in San Antonio in March, 1999. It describes the development of a prototype module for an interactive, hands-on way for lower undergraduates to learn mathematical methods that will be of use to their scientific career.

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