Math 311. Bas Geom Concepts

Final Exam and Office Hours

Final Exam is Monday, December 14, 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM

Final Office Hours: Monday, December 14, 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Handouts and Homework

• [12/07] Spirals
• [12/02] The Sphere
• [11/30] Doodles
• [11/23] Trees
• [11/18] Graph Theory
• [11/09] Computational Origami
• [11/04] Euler's Formula
• [11/02] Polyhedra
• [10/28] Periodic and Aperiodic Tilings
• [10/21] Archimedean Tilings
• [10/14] Wallpaper Patterns 2
• [10/12] Wallpaper Patterns 1
• [10/07] Quiz Due: 10/12/08
• [10/07] Frieze Patterns
• [10/05] Rosette Patterns
• [09/28] Groups and Symmetry
• [09/23] Flipping your mattress
• [09/21] Inversions
• [09/16] Paper folding
• [09/14] Regular Polygons
• [09/09] Ruler and Compass Algebra
• [09/02] Ruler and Compass Constructions
• [08/31] Billiard Trajectories
• [08/26] Measuring Angles
• [08/24] First Day Handout

News

• [12/01] Outside In a video from the Geometry Center discussing turning numbers and showing an eversion of the sphere
• [10/21] M.C. Escher (1898-1972) was a Dutch artist well known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts and lithographs. These feature tesselations, impossible constructions, explorations of infinity.
• [10/19] Kali is a program that lets you draw patterns based on any of the 17 wallpaper groups, as well as several frieze and rosette groups.
• [9/28] The Peaucellier-Lipkin linkage is a device that transforms straight-line motion into circular motion. It played an important role in the development of the steam engine.
• [9/17] Friedrich Froebel invented Kindergarten
• [9/15] Mathematics Through Paper Folding, by A. T. Olson, scan of the 1976 NCTM edition.
• [9/02] Geometry for Elementary School is a WikiBook with "ruler and compass" material and activities for elementary school students.
• [9/02] GRACE (Graphical Ruler And Compass Editor) is an interactive ruler and compass construction editor for use in teaching the fundamental concepts of geometry to school students.
• [9/01] Euclid's Elements are available online, courtesy of David Joyce at Clark University, Worcester, Mass.
• [8/20] Textbook for Math 311: Symmetry, Shape, and Space (Key) by Kinsey and Moore.
• [8/19] Welcome to Math 311!