Assignments for Week 2

R = Readings ._._. W = Writings

  1. (R) Read Chapter 2 of Katz (Early Greece and Euclid).
  2. (R) Read my "lecture" for the week (when available).
  3. (W) Homework for Monday, Sept. 11: Katz pp. 62-65, Exercises 1, 3, 8, 9, 11, 18, 20, 25
    Remarks:
  4. (R, optional) The Early Period and Eudoxus parts of Allen's chapter on Greece, and the relevant part of "Background readings from the Internet" especially the "How do we know ..." pages and "Trisectrix animation" (discussed also in my lecture and its addendum). The article on Thales by Panchenko has moved on the Internet.