MTH111M 26-27

Mathematics is a science as well as an art, and college mathematics education does not provide enough opportunities to witness the artistic side of mathematics!

Create a beautiful animation using Desmos Graphing Calculator that depicts a story, scenery or some motion effect using mathematical functions alone!

Website for Desmos Graphing Calculator: https://www.desmos.com/calculator

Instructions:

1) Form teams of size 3-5 and appoint one member of the group as Team Leader.

2) You need to create two beautiful animations that fit in the following two regions respectively:

Rectangular region: Add equations x=10, x=-10, y=10, y=-10 in the first 4 equation slots.

Rhombic region: Add equations x+y=10, x+y=-10, x-y=10, x-y=-10 in the first 4 equation slots.

3) The fifth equation should be a slider for variable h ranging from -10 to 10 for both regions.

4) The second animation should depict the same storyline as the first animation but the content should be rotated/translated/dilated version of the first one so that it first the region. (We want to test your ability to manipulate functions!)

5) The animation should cover majority of the space in both regions, but should not exceed the boundaries of the regions.

5) The total number of equations should be between 10 and 13.

6) There should be at least 4 equations containing the slider variable h.

7) Name your animation!

Submission:

Make a 30 seconds long recording of a laptop/tablet screen (not phone screen) that satisfies the following criteria:

1) First 15 seconds of the video should show an animation in the Rectangular region with all equations (Equation 5 onward) visible on the left hand side of the screen.

2) The next 15 seconds of the video should show the same animation modified (rotated, translated and/or dilated) to fit in the Rhombic region with all equations (Equation 5 onward) visible on the left hand side of the screen.

Upload the video on YouTube as an unlisted video.

Link for submission: MTH111M: Beautiful Animation using Desmos – Fill out form

Deadline for submission: 11pm on 23 August 2026

Maximum marks: 5 (all team members will get the same score)

What are we looking for?

Creativity, originality, beauty and harmony achieved via teamwork and collaboration demonstrating command over functions!

Support:

Desmos help videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9B0hQYfziw&list=PLfM6zMGnbgOFOUZuxCssrbHdEkXBqa7nb

If your Team Leader belongs to Section Y (where Y could A,B,C or D) then for any questions (not related to creativity) you might have, the Teams Leaders can get in a call with the Section Leaders on Tuesday, 18 August at 9pm:

Section A Leader: Siddheswar Kundu

Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/mzd-wgfm-pbn

Section B Leader: Jyoti

Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/mkm-hoea-odf

Section C Leader: Dibyendu Biswas

Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/tif-hxti-bwf

Section D Leader: Debattam Das

Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/ppk-tfsy-nwt

Attraction:

Selected best animations will be showcased on the course webpage with the names of all team members!