Mathematics in Education, Research and Applications (MERAA), 2015(1), 1
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Received 2014-11-12 ǀ Accepted 2015-02-06 ǀ Published online 2015-05-25
DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.15414/meraa.2015.01.01.06-11
THE PROBLEMS WITH THE MATHEMATICS DURING LABORATORY EXERCISES IN PHYSICS — HOW TO SOLVE THEM?
Jana Gabková, Soňa Halusková
Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Article Fulltext (PDF), pp. 6–11
- The aim of this paper is to point out to a problem of mathematics, which now a physics teacher has to face and the possibilities of its solution. For quantity processing of dates and visualisation of experimental data, a program IP COACH is used.
Students, however, do not want to know only the "no software" solution to the problem. They are also interested in the answers to questions, such as: Why has this approximate function been selected? What is the principle of approximation of measured data in an appropriate function?
Answers to these questions will be provided by numerical mathematics. It is taught only in the 2nd year of their study.
This means that a finding a solution to this problem requires a cooperation of a mathematician and a physicist.
- Keywords: Interdisciplinary relations, measurement at the physics, interpolation, approximation, software Mathematica®
- JEL Classification: N50, M50