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Viktoria Savatorova; Aleksei Talonov – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2024
We present an example of one of the modelling projects we assign to students in our differential equations classes. Students are asked to determine how to run a cost-efficient hot water heating system. We consider a cylindrical tank filled with water and heated by a heating element immersed in it. Together with students we discuss physical laws…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Calculus, Mathematical Models, Heat