Mac function graphing?

Asked by blastfamy (2174

) November 3rd, 2008

A teacher is having us type out mathematical proofs. She wants us to include graphs in our proofs. The graphing program she wants us to use is windows only (a basic freeware graphing program). I have a mac.

I’m looking for the most fully functional graphing program for the mac (preferably freeware) available. It should be able to graph polar functions alongside cartesian functions. Tools that calculate differentials and integrals would also be helpful.

I know about mathematica, but I don’t have it and probably can’t get it legally.

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iwamoto (5277

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That’s right, your Mac comes with graphing software. ;)

richardhenry (12692

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true, man I was so happy when I found it, too bad it was YEARS after my last math class!

windex (2932

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I’m trying to get it to graph parametric functions.

Does anyone know of a guide on how to do this?

blastfamy (2174

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The Mac Grapher can graph parametric equations. I’m not currently at my Mac, so I can’t give you step-by-step instructions, but I know that you can pull up sample equations from the file menu. Just look at some of the examples and you’ll get the hang of it.

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