Functions

  • Klaus  Weltner
  • Wolfgang J.  Weber
  • Peter  Schuster
  • Jean  Grosjean
Chapter

Abstract

The velocity of a body falling freely to Earth increases with time, i.e. the velocity of fall depends on the time. The pressure of a gas maintained at a constant temperature depends on its volume. The periodic time of a simple pendulum depends on its length. Such dependencies between observed quantities are frequently encountered in physics and engineering and they lead to the formulation of natural laws.

Keywords

Unit Circle Inverse Function Quadratic Equation Trigonometric Function Sine Function 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009

Authors and Affiliations

  • Klaus  Weltner
    • 1
  • Wolfgang J.  Weber
    • 2
  • Peter  Schuster
    • 3
  • Jean  Grosjean
    • 4
  1. 1. Inst. Didaktik der PhysikUniversität FrankfurtFrankfurt Germany
  2. 2. Hochschulrechenzentrum (HRZ)Universität Frankfurt FrankfurtGermany
  3. 3.SulzbachGermany
  4. 4.School of Engineering at the University of Bath BathUK

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