Instructor

Gerard A. Venema

Office: North Hall 287

Office hours: 10:30 - 11:20 a.m. M. Tu. W. F.
Other times by appointment

Phone: 616-526-6402

Email: venema@calvin.edu

Homepage: http://www.calvin.edu/~venema

 Textbooks

 Course Outline

  Topic Chap Time allotted
1 Preliminaries 1-4 4 days
2 The axioms of geometry 5 2 weeks
3 Neutral geometry 6 3 weeks
4 Euclidean geometry 7 1 week
5 Hyperbolic geometry 8 1 week
6 Area 9 1 week
7 Circles 10 1 week
8 Transformational geometry 12 1 week
9 Construction of models 13 1 week
10 The geometry of space 14 2 days

 Midterm and Final Exam

 Grades

Grades will be based on scores on the midterm, the final exam, and the homework.

   Homework 50%
 Midterm 20%
 Final Exam   30%

The homework consists mostly of written proofs.

 Some Course-Related Links

 Homework Assignments

  Due date Assignment
1 Wednesday, February 1 Read Preface and Chapter 1
Exercises 1.2 and 1.10
2 Friday, February 3 Read Chapter 2
Exercises 1.7, 1.8, and 1.9
3 Monday, February 6 Read §§3.1-3-5
Exercises 2.5, 2.6, 2.11, and 2.12
4 Wednesday, February 8 Exercises 3.2, 3.5, 3.6, and 3.8
5 Friday, February 10 Read Chapter 4
Exercises 3.9, 3.11, 3.12
6 Monday, February 13 Read §5.1
Exercises 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7
7 Friday, February 17 Exercises 5.2, 5.4, 5.6
8 Monday, February 20 Exercises 5.24, 5.26, 5.27
9 Wednesday, February 22 Exercises 5.29, 5.30, 5.31
10 Friday, February 24 Exercises 5.33, 5.34, 5.35
11 Monday, February 27 Exercises 6.2, 6.3, 6.4
12 Wednesday, March 1 Exercises 6.5, 6.6, 6.7
13 Friday, March 3 Exercises 6.8, 6.9, 6.10
14 Monday, March 6 Exercises 6.11, 6.14, 6.15, 6.16
15 Wednesday, March 8 Exercises 6.17, 6.18, 6.19, 6.22
16 Monday, March 13 Exercises 6.23, 6.25, 6.26, 6.29
17 Wednesday, March 15 Exercises 6.36, 6.37, 6.38
18 Friday, March 17 Exercises 6.39, 6.40, 6.41
19 Monday, March 27 Exercises 6.46, 6.49
20 Wednesday, March 29 Exercises 6.50*, 6.51*
21 Friday, March 31 Exercises 7.2, 7.4, 7.5
22 Wednesday, April 5 Exercises 7.8, 7.9*, 7.11
23 Friday, April 7 Exercises 7.13, 7.14, 7.15
24 Monday, April 10 Exercises 8.1, 8.6
25 Wednesday, April 12 Exercises 8.10, 8.11, 8.14
Read §8.7
26 Extra Credit (optional) Exercises 8.7, 8.8, 8.9
27 Monday, April 17 Exercises 9.4, 9.5, 9.6
28 Wednesday, April 19 Exercises 9.11, 9.12, 9.13
29 Monday, April 24 Exercises 9.14, 9.18
30 Friday, April 28 Exercises 12.2, 12.5
31 Monday, May 1 Exercise 12.24; Read §§12.1, 12.6, and 13.1
32 Wednesday, May 3 Exercises 13.6a, 13.10, 13.15
 
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