Math
572 Foundations of Geometry
Fall 2007
MWF 8:30 am
Course syllabus
Alignment of course
material with standards
Monday, August 20: Introduction
Wednesday, August 22: What is a proof?
Friday, August 24: More on proofs and definitions
Monday, August 27: Definitions for geometry
Choose groups and meeting times
Wednesday, August 29: Definitions, common notions, and axioms for Euclidean
geometry
Friday, August 31: Proofs from Unit I
Monday, September 3: NO CLASS - Labor Day
Wednesday, September 5: Proofs from Unit II
Friday, September 7: End of proofs from Unit II; start of student proofs -
III.1 and beginning of III.2
*** Reminders: II.6 is to be done after III.2 (and is therefore YOUR
responsibility!)
Also, you do NOT need to prove III.5, but you may use these
results from now on.
Monday, September 10: III.2, II.6
Wednesday, September 12: III.3, III.4
***Reminders: For III.6 and III.7, you should prove the converse statement.
For III.8 and III.9, you just need to state the converse,
not prove it.
You don't need to do anything with IV.1 and IV.2 (just
Postulate 5 and the definition of parallel)
In Unit IV, make note of when you use Postulate 5.
Friday, September 14: III.6, start of III.7
Monday, September 17: III.7-III.9
Wednesday, September 19: IV.3, IV.4, start of IV.5
*** We are skipping V.9, V.11, V.12, and V.13.
Friday, September 21: IV.5, IV.6
*** IV.14 is to be written up individually and turned in next Friday, rather
than presented in class.
Monday, September 24: IV.7, IV.8, most of IV.9
*** V.1 and V.2 are just definitions, so there will not be presentations for
them.
Wednesday, September 26: IV.9 finish, V.3
Friday, September 28: V.5-V.8
Monday, October 1: NO CLASS
Wednesday, October 3: V.9-V.10
*** Skip V.14. VI.1, VI.3, VI.8, and VI.11-13 are all definitions. Skip VI.10 and VI.14.
*** VI.5 is to be written up individually and turned in on Wednesday, October
10.
Friday, October 5: V.11
Monday, October 8: V.12-13
*** VII.1 is a definition, and you can skip VII.10-11.
Wednesday, October 10: V.15, start of VI.2
Friday, October 12: VI.2, VI.4, VI.6
Monday, October 15: VI.7, VI.9, start of VII.2
Wednesday, October 17: VII.2-VII.4
Friday, October19: VII.5-VII.6
Monday, October 22: VII.7-VII.8, start of VII.9
Wednesday, October 24: VII.9, VIII.1-VIII.2
*** IX.1 is a definition, and you can skip IX.2, IX.3, and IX.5.
Friday, October 26: second half of V.15 and IX.4 (We'll
go back to finishing Unit VIII on Monday.)
Monday, October 29: VIII.3-VIII.4, IX.7
Wednesday, October 31: IX.9-IX.11
Friday, November 2: IX.16, IX.19, IX.20
**Monday, November 5: Midterm exam
You may bring your list of theorems and any notes you have
written on them but no additional pages.
Sample exam
Wednesday, November 7: Introduction to Geometer's Sketchpad
Friday, November 9: Discussion of Sketchpad exercises and the role of
conjectures in mathematics
Monday, November 12: More Geometer's Sketchpad (meet in the computer lab,
Cardwell 41)
Wednesday, November 14: Continuing exercises from Monday (meet in the computer
lab)
** Graded midterms due
Friday, November 16: More on conjectures
List of conjectures and one proof from Sketchpad exercises
due
Monday, November 19: Using Sketchpad for transformations
Monday, November 26: Non-euclidean geometry and the
Poincare half-plane model
Wednesday, November 28: Rigid motions in hyperbolic geometry
Friday, November 30: Distances in hyperbolic geometry
Proof of Ceva's theorem due
Monday, December 3: Postulates 2-4 in hyperbolic geometry
Wednesday, December 5: Wrap-up of hyperbolic geometry
Hyperbolic
geometry module
(This is just to help you see how things work - you do not
need to submit answers to the problems.)
Friday, December 7: Review
Hyperbolic geometry problems due
Tuesday, December 11: Final exam
You many bring your list of theorems as well as one
additional sheet of notes.
Sample Final
(You may ignore #3, which covers material we have not done.)
You may also wish to watch the following:
Youtube
video on Mobius tranformations
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