Mathematics 467, Section 900, Spring 2013
Modern Geometry
Last updated Fri 10 May 2013
Announcements (reverse chronological order)
- 10 May: Solutions to the final exam have been posted in the proper
place below.
- 9 May: Grades have been reported and are posted in eLearning.
Comments:
- The total non-W homework score got multiplied by 80/270 to fit the scale
announced in the syllabus.
- I added 5 points to the test total, not because I thought that scores on the
final were low, but because I graded the essay question in such a way that it was
almost impossible to get a perfect score on it.
- Adding the 5 points in the eLearning spreadsheet somehow produced two
spurious "students" with a total score of 5. Therefore, the average, median, and
standard deviation reported on the histogram pages for test total and course
total are incorrect.
Have a good summer.
- 3 May: added an item to the FAQ list (immediately below).
- 2 May: Frequently asked questions:
- The take-home question is worth 40 points (out of the 150).
- Class participation points will be posted once I finish grading the term
papers (which I'll return at the exam). The scores I kept in class will be
diluted by points for class attendance, so those are not a big deal.
- Arc-length formulas (Riemannian geometry) will be treated by a bonus or
choice problem, as in previous years. It is not in the book or on the syllabus,
but I think you should be rewarded if you paid attention in class and tried to
understand what was going on.
- Use Greenberg's statement of the alternate interior angle theorem,
not anything incompatible that you may find in another book (or web page)!
- 30 Apr: My office hours during the leadup to the final exam:
- Tue 4/30: 2:00-3:00
- Thu 5/2: 2:00-3:45
- Mon 5/6: 2:00-4:30; if I am not in my office, come to BLOC 627 that day.
- 30 Apr: Take-home exam question
- 27 Apr: Next AMUSE seminar
TUESDAY, April 30 (student projects). As
usual, pizza and sodas will be served.
- 26 Apr: Next Math Club meeting
Tue 30 Apr (movie).
- 23 Apr: Next AMUSE seminar
THURSDAY, April 25 (inverse problems for differential equations). As
usual, pizza and sodas will be served.
- 23 Apr: I will not be able to meet my office hour on Wednesday,
April 24.
- 16 Apr: I will not be able to meet my office hour on Wednesday,
April 17. This problem is likely to recur every Wednesday for the rest
of the semester, so please ask me for an appointment if you can't come to
the T or R office hours.
- 15 Apr: Next AMUSE seminar
Wednesday, April 17 (robotics, aerospace). As usual, pizza and
sodas will be served.
- 8 Apr: Next AMUSE seminar
Wednesday, April 10 (double majors in math). As usual, pizza and
sodas will be served.
- 4 Apr: Office hour Tuesday, April 9 may start late
(but can be extended to 4:00 if necessary).
- 4 Apr: No class Wednesday, April 10. Use the time to work on
your term paper or read some of the recommended reading (by
Halsted,
Levin,
Reynolds, ...).
- 29 Mar: Next AMUSE seminar
Wed 3 Apr (string theory). As usual, pizza and sodas will
be served. Space not only is curved, it also has 11 dimensions!
- 25 Mar: Next AMUSE seminar
Wed 27 Mar (scientific computing). As usual, pizza and sodas will
be served.
- 13 Mar: Next AMUSE seminar
Wed 20 Mar (brachistochrone and all that). As usual, pizza and sodas will
be served.
- 4 Mar: Next AMUSE seminar
Wed 6 Mar. As usual, pizza and sodas will be served.
- 3 Mar: I will not be able to meet my office hour on Wednesday,
6 March.
- 27 Feb: Next Math Club meeting
Mon 4 Mar.
- 21 Feb: Next AMUSE seminar
Wed 27 Feb. As usual, pizza and sodas will be served.
- 7 Feb: Next AMUSE seminar
Wed 13 Feb.
- 5 Feb: Next AMUSE seminar
Wed 6 Feb.
- 30 Jan: Next Math Club meeting
Mon 4 Feb. About applying to grad school! Free food!
- 26 Jan: Next AMUSE seminar
Wed 30 Jan. About jobs! Free pizza!
- 25 Jan: Solutions for the first homework assignment are now visible
from the Fall '09 web page. (Go to the instructions for the week in question,
then click on "Homework due Wednesday ...".)
This will happen each time (unless I forget).
- 25 Jan: The teams you chose this morning are shown below, along with
names of 5 people who were absent. Let's finish this on Monday.
- 22 Jan: Next
Math Club Meeting, Monday, 28 Jan.
- 18 Jan: I will not be able to meet my office hour on Wednesday,
23 Jan.
Course handout
Please see
my home page for up-to-date office hours.
Track your grades on eLearning.
Summary of axioms, definitions, and theorems ._.
misprints
Review exercises for Chapter 2 (a
correction to the textbook)
Policies about term papers ._._.
Guidelines for authors
Proof of Proposition 3.13
Preview of midterm exam.
Teams ._._.
See Spring 2009's most enthusiastic
team.
Old class home pages
[Old homework and team
solutions will be turned on after your assignments are due.]
Lecture notes
[These were not originally intended for public consumption. Diagrams are
missing. Remarks in square brackets are usually stage directions to
myself.]
Weekly instructions
[These will become available at the links below as the course
develops. Analogues from previous semesters are visible on the old home
pages; they won't change much.]
Test solutions
External resources
Go to home pages:
Fulling ._._.
Calclab ._._.
Math Dept ._._.
University
e-mail: fulling@math.tamu.edu