Visualising and representing

  • Folium of Descartes
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    Folium of Descartes

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Investigate the family of graphs given by the equation x^3+y^3=3axy for different values of the constant a.

  • Ford Circles
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    Ford circles

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you find the link between these beautiful circle patterns and Farey Sequences?

  • Rational request
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    Rational request

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you make a curve to match my friend's requirements?

  • Sheep in wolf's clothing
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    Sheep in wolf's clothing

    Age
    16 to 18
    Challenge level
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    Can you work out what simple structures have been dressed up in these advanced mathematical representations?