Using JavaView Applications to Visualize Mathematical Concepts on the Internet

Abstract

There is no doubt that the future of mathematical communication and cooperation between mathematicians is strongly connected with internet. By using a number of examples, the presented paper shows how mathematical visualization embedded into web pages can provide a new insight into complex mathematical concepts improve our teaching environment and communication between teachers and students.

JavaView is a new technology containing a number of tools including renderer of mathematical objects both 3D and 2D, solvers of differential equations, differential geometry tools and numerical library. The rich functionality of free JavaView components allows us to publish on the web interactive geometries and mathematical experiments. Its open structure and modular form supports adding new modules implementing new topics.

Using JavaView applications we discuss practical aspects of online publications and show some technical details how one can develop his mathematical experiments using the existing free library for his courses. The conference presentation of this paper will demonstrate JavaView components in action.