Geometry

MATH 5200/7200

University of Georgia, Fall 2003

Instructor | Class meetings | Office hours | Syllabus | Computer Labs | Exams, homework, and grading| Axioms | Euclid's Elements


Instructor

Professor Mitchell Rothstein
Office: 602A Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, (706) 542-2567
Email: rothstei@math.uga.edu
Fax: (706) 542-5907


Class meetings

Period 4,  11:15-12:05 MWF
Aderhold Hall, room 111

Office hours

602A Boyd,   MW 1:30-2:30,   F 2:30-3:30

Syllabus
 

  • There is no official text for the course.   We will,  however,  make use of the classic text  Elements,  by Euclid.  It holds up well after all these centuries.
  • The software Geometer's Sketchpad,  version 4, is required.   The student edition of  Geometer's Sketchpad  can be ordered online or by phone directly from Key Curriculum Press for $39.95.
Here's an outline of topics:
  • Geometer's Sketchpad
  • Axioms and proofs in geometry
  • Trigonometry and analytic geometry
We'll start by getting familiar with Geometer's Sketchpad, which we'll use throughout the course. Then we'll discuss the foundations of geometry, first from an axiomatic viewpoint, and then using analytic methods (trig functions and algebraic equations).

This  year  MATH 5200/7200 will again be paired  with Dr. Nicholas Oppong's EMAT 4680. This means that the two courses will be coordinated so that students who are taking both of them will see many of the same topics from two sides at once.


Computer Labs
 
 

The Office of Instructional Technology (OIT) computer lab in Aderhold 227 also has Geometer's Sketchpad installed. To find out when this lab is free, go to OIT labs. Students may use the lab any time when it is not reserved for a class.

Geometer's Sketchpad (version 3) has been installed on the campus Enterprise Information Technology Services (EITS) computer network. For lab locations and schedules, go to EITS labs.
 
 
 


Exams, homework, and grading

There will be three exams,  each worth 15% of your grade.    There will be a project,  worth 15%.   Homework is worth 20% and the final is worth 20%.

The exams are scheduled for the following dates:

First Exam:   Wednesday,  September 17

Second Exam:  Monday,  October 20

Third Exam:  Wednesday,  November 19

 HW 1, due August 27

 HW 2, due September 5

 HW3, due September 12

HW4, due September 26

HW5, due October 3

HW6, due October 13

HW7, due October 20

HW8, due November 3

HW9, due November 10


This page was created on August 12,  2003.