| Shell Method You can use the shell method to approach volumes of solids of revolution about any horizontal or vertical line.
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| Directional Derivatives and 2-Dimensional Gradients You can view directional derivatives with 2-dimensional gradients and level curves with the vectors that determine the direction of the derivatives as well as the gradient vectors. (In the following graphics the gradient vectors are purple.)
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| Tangent Planes and 3-Dimensional GradientsYou can generate Tangent planes with
3-dimensional gradients.
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| Calculus and Pre-calculus LabsThere are now thirteen calculus and pre-calculus interactive
computer labs with problem sets (a total of 272 problems) that are part
of the Converge software. All these
labs can be accessed from the Options Menu. The labs are organized in the standard Windows
help format. The lab titles are the (help) "books", and the lab sections for a
lab are the "help topics" for a book.
These labs are as follows. (The lab topics for
some of the labs are displayed. For a complete list of lab topics see Labs in Converge.)
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| Graphing the Derivative with Tangent Lines of the Function You can view the corresponding tangent lines to the graph of a function while its derivative is being graphed.
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| Simultaneously Viewing Graphs and Tables for Sequences & Series You can simultaneously view the graphs of sequences or series as well as tables of values for the sequences or series. |
| Tracing 3-Dimensional GraphsYou can use the post-graph menu to trace graphs of functions
of two variables. (For best results when you use this feature, you should turn off the
option to draw the graphs with multicolored tiles.)
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| Changing the Default Number of Terms Before Each
Riemann Sum When approaching a definite integral (including an arc length, the area between curves, and all volumes of solids of revolution), before each Riemann sum is generated, you may change the default number of terms.
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| Finding Left- and Right-hand Derivatives at a
PointAfter approaching every left-
or right-hand derivative, you see the dialog box:
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| Sum of the Squared DeviationsAfter any paired data is
"fit" with any curve, the sum of the squared deviations for the data is now
displayed (along with other previously displayed quantities such as the standard error of
the estimate).
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| Pasting from the Clipboard to Converge TablesYou can paste (via the clipboard) rows from tables generated
by other programs (for example Excel) into Converge tables. You can
select rows at any time, and you can delete selected rows in Converge tables and
copy selected rows to the clipboard.
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| Displaying, Saving, & Loading Global Functions &
ConstantsYou
can constantly display the global functions & constants, and you can save and
load files that contain definitions of these functions & constants.
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| Suppressing the Display of 2-Dimensional TablesYou can suppress the display of tables of values when 2-dimensional
graphs are frozen. |
| Professional Version of Converge Includes Graphics
FilesThe
Professional version of Converge includes over 100 graphics files which may be used
to create slide shows. |
| Stopping the Graphing Between InequalitiesYou can stop the graphing between the graphs of multiple
inequalities. If you select Shade solution set of each inequality before the
graphing, then you can also have the option to shade the solution set after all the graphs
are drawn. |
| Suppressing the Axes for 2-Dimensional GraphsYou can suppress the x- and/or y-axes for
two dimensional graphs. |
Transferring Functions from Derive to ConvergeWhen you use
 to import one DERIVE equation to CONVERGE, this DERIVE
equation is put into the Windows clipboard (from where it can later be pasted into
CONVERGE). |
