Class Time: Tuesday and Thursday 11:00a - 12:20p, Humanities 129.
Instructor: Dr. Corbett Redden. Corbett.Redden [att] liu.edu. Office: Winnick House 233. Phone: 516-299-3487.
Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 12:30p - 1:50p, or by appointment
Course webpage: http://myweb.liu.edu/~dredden/73f18/
Homework/Syllabus: http://myweb.liu.edu/~dredden/73f18/Homework.html
Final Exam: The Final Exam is scheduled to take place in the regular classroom on Tuesday December 18 from 10:55a-1:35p.
Textbook: We will use the text "Euclidean plane and its relatives: a minimalist introduction" by Anton Petrunin. You can purchase a printed copy for about $12 from Amazon, or you can download a pdf for free from the arXiv.
Description from Catalog: This course covers the axiomatic study of geometry and the basic theorems of Euclidean and non- Euclidean geometries. Prerequisite of MTH 20 or the permission of the department is required. 3 Credits.
Grading Scheme:
| Homework | 25% |
| In-class participation | 25% |
| Quizzes/Tests | 25% |
| Final Exam or Project | 25% |
Interactive Resources:
| Euclidea - interactive geometric puzzles |
| Geogebra - useful tool for doing ruler/compass constructions |
Other Good Books:
| Euclid's "Elements." Nice "modern" edition. Free pdf. |
| "Geometry: Euclid and Beyond" by Robin Hartshorne |
| "Elementary Geometry from an Advanced Standpoint" by Edwin Moise |
| "Geometry: A Metric Approach with Models" by Millman and Parker |