- Description:
- In-depth follow-up to high school geometry: striking new results/connections; analysis/proof of new/familiar results from various perspectives; extensions (projective geometry, e.g.); relation of classical unsolvable constructions to modern algebra; models/technology for geometric exploration.
- Prerequisites:
- Level 3 and (MATH 221/3.0 or MATH 280/3.0 or MATH 281/3.0), or permission of the Department.
- Instructor:
- Gregory G. Smith (314 Jeffery Hall, 533-2438, ggsmith@mast.queensu.ca)
- Lectures:
- (slot 001)
Monday, 08:30–09:30 in 412A Stirling Hall
Tuesday, 10:30–11:30 in 412A Stirling Hall
Thursday, 09:30–10:30 in 412A Stirling Hall
- Office Hours:
Wednesday, 16:00–17:00 in 201 Jeffery Hall
- Final Exam:
Monday, 20 April 2015; 14:00–17:00 in BEWS
- References:
-
- [E]
- David E. Joyce, Euclid's elements, http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html,
- [Ha]
- Robin Hartshorne, Geometry: Euclid and beyond, UTM, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000.
- [OW]
- Alexander Ostermann and Gerhard Wanner, Geometry by Its History, Springer, New York, 2012.
- [T]
- I. Todhunter, Spherical Trigonometry, Project Gutenberg eBook, 2006.
