Mathematics 467, Section 500, Fall 2009
Modern Geometry
Last updated Wed 9 Sep 15
Announcements (reverse chronological order)
- Dec 20: Final exam key is posted below.
- Dec 16: Final exam and course grades are now in Vista.
Yes, there is a "curve": I gave everybody 25 more points (NOT included
in the course total posted in Vista).
I will try to post at least a partial final exam solution set later this
week.
- Dec 13: Homework, paper, and class participation grades
are now posted in Blackboard
Vista.
- "Class participation" also includes written team papers and 1/2 point
for each attendance.
- Homework grades will be divided by 2 to get to the announced scale of
100 points.
- You can pick up your term paper at my office on Monday.
- Dec 9: Procedures for the take-home
part of the final exam ._. and the exam
question itself
- Dec 4: Announcement of next
Math Club
Meeting (Dec 8) (movie)
- Oct 21: Midterm test solutions are posted below.
- Sep 27: No office hour on Monday, Sep 28. (I need to attend a
Ph.D. oral exam.)
- Sep 16: Special procedures for week of Sep 21-25:
Prof. Pitts will handle the class in my absence.
- Monday: No instructor will be present. You should be working in
your teams on the assigned proofs from Chapter 3
(Betweenness).
- Wednesday and Friday: Dr. Pitts may give a short lecture.
He will be available to help you with any trouble you have encountered in
your proofs.
- Be ready to present your proof in class the next week (starting Sep
28).
- Sep 1: Undergraduate Research
Scholars announcement
- Aug 30: Announcement of Sep 16 meeting on
How to Find and Compete for Graduate Fellowships
Course handout
._._.
Please see
my home page for up-to-date office hours.
Track your grades on Blackboard
Vista.
Summary of axioms, definitions, and theorems
Teams ._._.
See last semester's most enthusiastic
team.
Last semester's home page (now with exams
included). Note that the point value of the final exam was larger than
this semester.
Lecture notes
[These were not really intended for public consumption. Diagrams are
missing. Remarks in square brackets are usually stage directions to
myself.]
Weekly instructions
(Homework solutions will be visible
here after the due date.)
Test solutions