Interactive animation on Directional derivatives & Level curves

Abstract

We present our short series of interactive animations on directional derivatives and level curves. This visualisation was developed for students of first-year mathematics courses at the Delft University of Technology. The interactive animation is an animated video that can be interacted with while it is paused or playing. The user can change, for example, the function that is plotted, drag points of interest or change the angle of the camera to explore the scene.