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Discontinuous Groups of Rotation & Translation in Plane
This site helps give the definition of what an n-fold rotation is. Also discusses other discontinuous groups of rotation and translation in the plane.
Cut the Knot
Cut the Knot!: Polygons: Formality and Intuition
This is a very interesting site about polygons. The site begins by distinguishing between shapes whose sides intersect and polygons whose sides do not overlap. After this short introduction, you will find information regarding area and...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Evidence for Internal Earth Structure and Composition
This resource describes how seismic waves have helped us to understand the composition of the Earth's interior. It discusses seismic discontinuities, including the Mohorovicic Discontinuity or Moho, and what we have learned about the...
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Project Mohole
Project Mohole was "the earth sciences' answer to the space program," a project to gain information about the Earth by drilling a hole through the Earth's crust to the Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Moho). This website gives a history of the...
Indiana University
Rhythm and Meter in Tonal Music: Glossary
The glossary of terms is extensive from accent, to accent metrique, accent of climax, accent of discontinuity, accent of image shift, accent pathetique, accent rhythmique, and accent structure.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Encyclopedia: Mantle
An in-depth look at the structure and composition of Earth's mantle, with lots of visuals. Covers lithosphere, Mohorovicic discontinuity, asthenosphere, transition zone, lower mantle, the d double-prime region, mantle convection, mantle...
Texas A&M University
Texas A&m University: Discontinuous Function
This site gives an example of a discontinuous function.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Piecewise Functions: Continuous Differentiable
This activity takes a discontinuous, piecewise defined function and redefines it to make it continuous and differentiable at the point of discontinuity.
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Continuity
Students learn about continuity. Topics include discontinuities, one-sided limits, and the intermediate value theorem. Definitions and examples with solutions are included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Rational Functions and Their Asymptotes
In these questions, students identify asymptotes and removable discontinuities of rational functions, simplify rational expressions, and solve rational equations. Solutions and explanations are included.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Continuidad De Funciones
In this interactive unit you will be able to understand the concept of continuity, determine whether a function is continuous from its graph and to distinguish the different types of discontinuities both graphically and analytical.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Continuidad De Funciones
In Spanish. In this interactive unit you will be able to tell if a function is continuous from its graph, understand the concept of continuity of functions and to distinguish between the different types of discontinuities either...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Limits and Continuity
These questions address the topics of limits, continuity, and discontinuity.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Jean Baptiste Perrin Nobel Lecture
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read Jean Baptiste Perrin's Nobel Lecture, "Discontinuous structure of matter," in which Perrin overviews the work which earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tropical Forest Foragers
The term "tropical-forest foragers," or "pygmies," refers to ethno-linguistically diverse peoples distributed across the forested regions of Central Africa who are particularly short in stature and who traditionally have lived by...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of the Middle East
Prior to 1948, Jewish communties were found discontinuously in an area stretching from southwest Asia across North Africa, from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the north to Yemen in the south, and from Afghanistan in the east to Morocco in...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Limits
Hotmath provides 25 practice problems that deal with limits and graphs of limits. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide.
Nine Planets
The Eight Planets: Earth
Excellent Eight Planets site that provides a vast amount of information about planet Earth. Very comprehensive and complete site.
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Conejo Valley Unified School District: Rational Functions [Pdf]
Explains what rational functions are and their features. Describes transformations of rational functions, discontinuities for different types, and gives examples of how to solve problems involving discontinuities. Also discusses the...
Digital History
Digital History: Slavery in a Capitalist World
Read about the discontinued use of slave labor in the Western world in the first half of the 19th century in all but five countries in the Western Hemisphere, most notably, the American South. See why Southern politicians and slave...
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: Brain Trouble
A remarkable medical illustration of the brain is featured in this discusion of the cerebellum and its role in controlling continuous and discontinuous movement.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Democritus
A guided lesson explaining Democritus' description of matter as discontinuous.
University of Vienna (Austria)
University of Vienna: Graph or Not Graph
Interactive quiz to determine whether each graph is representative of a function or not. Some graphs are discontinuous, some fail the vertical line test, and some actually are functions. After completion, the site gives a score to judge...
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Intermediate Value Theorem
Learn about intermediate value theorem with this helpful reference tool. Provides a detailed definition, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
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