The Wire Problem
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Wolfram Demonstrations Project 12,000+ Open Interactive Demonstrations Powered by Notebook Technology Topics Latest About Participate Authoring Area The Wire Problem Initializing live version Download to Desktop Copying . Copy to Clipboard Source Open in Cloud Download to Desktop Copy Resource Object Fullscreen disabled Requires a Wolfram Notebook System Interact on desktop , mobile and cloud with the free Wolfram Player or other Wolfram Language products Do not show again Download Wolfram Player A standard optimization problem in first-semester calculus is to maximize and minimize the total area of two geometric figures made from a fixed length of wire cut into two pieces . This Demonstration illustrates that problem using a wire of length 10 and three pairs of geometric . figures

12,000+ Interactive Demonstrations Powered by Notebook Technology TOPICS LATEST ABOUT AUTHORING AREA PARTICIPATE Your browser does not support JavaScript or it may be disabled Compute the Euler Axis and Angle Geometrically Euler's rotation theorem states that any rigid motion that leaves the origin fixed is a rotation about an axis through the origin . Given the images of the three unit vectors in which case constitutes a rotation matrix there are various methods to determine the so-called Euler rotation axis and angle . This Demonstration illustrates a geometric . method Contributed by : Tom Verhoeff Eindhoven University of Technology THINGS TO TRY Rotate and Zoom in 3D Slider Zoom Gamepad Controls Automatic Animation SNAPSHOTS DETAILS Use the sliders longitude latitude and roll to set
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