Local Extrema (Max/Min)
a graph of a function with two critical points
graph of y-(1/12)y
3
-(1/4)x
2
+(1/2)
this example has two critical points---one local max and one saddle
Chain Rule
Chain rule animation
this animation is large and I was not able to get it to run in Netscape
Chain rule animation
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Quicktime format
)
Same animation as above with Quicktime controls