Volume By Shells

Shows by animation how the volume of a solid of revolution is derived. Uses the method of summing successive cylindrical shells with decreasing thickness. Demonstrates that after successive approximations, the solution will approach a definite integral.

More in Calculus Series

  1. A Function Is a Mapping 1966
  2. Area under a curve 1966
  3. Newton's Method 1966
  4. The Definite Integral 1966
  5. Continuity of Mappings 1967
  6. Infinite Acres 1967
  7. Limit 1967
  8. The Definite Integral As A Limit 1967
  9. Volume By Shells 1967
  10. Volume of a Solid of Revolution 1967
  11. What Is Area? 1967
  12. I Maximize 1968
  13. The Theorem of the Mean 1968

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