Class Information:
Study guides:
Test solutions:
Homework:
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HW 8 |
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HW 11 |
Schedule and lecture notes:
Week |
Monday | Wednesday |
1 |
8/21- no class |
8/23 - lecture notes |
2 |
8/28 - lecture notes |
8/30 - lecture notes |
3 |
9/4 - HOLIDAY |
9/6 - lecture notes |
4 |
9/11 - lecture notes |
9/13 - lecture notes |
5 |
9/18 - lecture notes |
9/20 - lecture notes |
6 |
9/25 - lecture notes |
9/27 - lecture notes |
7 |
10/2 - lecture notes |
10/4 - lecture notes |
8 |
10/9 - lecture notes |
10/11 - TEST 1 |
9 |
10/16 - lecture notes |
10/18 - lecture notes |
10 |
10/23 - lecture notes |
10/25 - lecture notes |
11 |
10/30- lecture notes |
11/1 - lecture notes |
12 |
11/6- lecture notes |
11/8 - TEST 2 |
13 |
11/13 - lecture notes |
11/15 - lecture notes |
HOLIDAY |
11/20 - HOLIDAY |
11/22- HOLIDAY |
14 |
11/27- lecture notes |
11/29- lecture notes |
15 |
12/4 - lecture notes |
12/6 - lecture notes |
Finals week |
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12/13 - |
Videos:
- A talk on the history of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry which ends with a discussion of the shape of the universe.
- An old BBC video on the history of non-Euclidean geometry.
Webpages:
- Foundations of geometry wiki page --- talks about the different ways to axiomitize geometry
- The Elements --- this is Euclid's approach to geometry
- Hilbert's axioms --- this is Hilbert's approach to geometry
- Birkhoff's axioms --- this is Birkhoff's approach to geometry
- The Erlangen program --- this is Klein's algebraic approach to geometry
- Tarski's axioms --- this is Tarski's approach to geometry