Film made by Harry Schey and Judah Schwartz at MIT with support from Joseph Kaye and Company including using Sherrill Martin's rock steady Flight Dynamics 35mm camera

Conic Sections: Ellipse

Many films were completed concerning calculus. Some of the topics are:

  • The Fundamental theorem of calculus
  • Taylor series I and II
  • The Integral
  • The Derivative
  • Conic sections: ellipse
  • Conic sections: hyperbola
  • Conic sections: parabola
  • Sin x/x
  • The Function of xn sin(1/x)
  • Points of inflection
  • Maxima and minima
  • Functions: powers of X
  • Functions: inverses
  • Functions: circular and hyperbolic
  • Newton's Method
  • Eccentricity
  • Mean Value

A set of the films were distributed by Harper & Row in 1971 some with white lines on a standard blue background.