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Thanks for the response. I had tried to literally graph z=\pi\int_{0}^{1}\left(x^{2}\right)^{2}\, dx ... but I hadn't realized that that is a constant. (doh!) Anyway, after seeing the output from Gnuplot, I think I'll just eschew the use of graphs of volumes of revolution in my paper.

Homework Statement I am writing a paper on volumes of revolution. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any suitable programs to represent them graphically. (I apologize if I am posting in the wrong forum.) Homework Equations Graphing the volume of revolution of, say...

OK, thanks for the help so far. I applied the above formula to my equation and received the following result: \delta f = \sqrt{{\delta l}^{2}\,{\left( -\frac{d\,\left| l\right| \,y}{{l}^{2}\,\sqrt{{y}^{2}+{l}^{2}}}+\frac{d\,y}{\left| l\right| \,\sqrt{{y}^{2}+{l}^{2}}}-\frac{d\,\left| l\right|...

\frac{x}{x^{2}+1} Substituting \frac{y}{l} for x gives: \frac{\frac{y}{\left|y\right|}\times l}{\sqrt{y^{2}+l^{2}}} I hadn't thought of doing this, so it seems to be a step in the right direction. I have done limited calculus, I'm just finishing the first year of IB Math HL so we're starting on...

Homework Statement I have conducted an experiment which attempts to calculate the range of the visible light spectrum. Basically white light was shined through a diffraction grating (300 lines/mm) and diffraction theory is applied to calculate the wavelength. So, here are the variables...