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Un-Minkowski Diagram -- Author Information

and how to obtain the interactive versions

 

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Author's Statement
 
This work was completed while Lynn Stephens was a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Empire State College, State University of New York. Her B. S. is in physics.

The MALS program at ESC is an interdisciplinary program designed to appeal to the adult, returning student. The focus of my degree program has been the nature of time. This has spanned disciplines from physics to philosophy to geometric calculus and the visual representation of higher-dimensional systems. Along the way, I have developed an interest in epistemology and physics education research.


This work is part of a long standing personal exploration of alternative models of physical reality, especially those including multiple time-like dimensions. I am hoping for a career change that will bring my work life closer to this area of human inquiry. As someone with a broad range of interests (including a passionate avocation in improvisational dance), and a penchant for finding visual and verbal representations for abstract mathematical concepts, I am drawn to the essentially interdisciplinary field of physics education research. I would like to work in the development of interactive visual tools for the student of mathematics and physical theory.

 

 

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Arbitrary velocity diagrams

arbitrary velocity diagram

and . . .

3-D Diagrams for spaces of arbitrary signature
The graphs
 
For the original, interactive Graphing calculator files (8K, 16K and 24K), please contact me.
 
See also . . .
 
A forthcoming paper on this tool.

I have also developed an art project, Seeing Symmetry, that relates mathematical expressions of symmetry to visual representations. A portion of this hands-on project, originally designed to appeal to the educated adult layperson, has been presented to a fourth grade class where it was enthusiastically received. Feedback from the teacher and students indicates that much of the enthusiasm and information has remained with the students well after the presentation. For more information, contact me.
 
Contact Lynn at . . .
 
Empire State College
Genesee Valley Center
1475 Winton Road North
Rochester, NY 14609-5803
lynn.stephens@esc.edu
 
Thesis Advisor:
Degree Program Advisor:
Dr. Brian D. Koberlein (research page)
Dr. Susan Hollis

Special thanks to ESC faculty members John Locke and Mark Reynolds for advice and feedback on the construction of this site.


The interactive graphs were created in Pacific Tech's Graphing Calculator 3.0. Microsoft Word was used to create the annotation and the GIFs. The site composition was started in Netscape Composer and finished in Dreamweaver. (Now there's a tale). It has been previewed in Internet Explorer 5.2 and 6, Netscape Navigator 4.7 and 7.1, Mozilla Navigator 0.6, Mozilla 1.5, Safari1.0.1.

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Page created and maintained by Lynn Stephens, MALS Program, Empire State College, State University of New York. Copyright 2004 by Lynn Stephens. Last updated March 1, 2004.
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