HomeModels “Touching” mathematical facts is fascinating and rewarding. An electronic encyclopaedia of models will collect all the known ideas. It is possible to build many of the presented models yourself. More models — in the Russian version
Areas and dissections of shapes3 Trapezoid area Dudeny dissectionVanishing cell and the Fibonacci numbers
Conic sections5 Conic sections. A cone with waterConic sections: moiré Saddle surface of a hyperbolic paraboloidHyperbolic paraboloid: a cardboard model Chips: hyperbolic paraboloid
Conic sections: parabola4 Plotting a parabola. Geometric definition Cavalieri’s parabolograph Parabolic billiard Parabola: optical property