Math 411: College Geometry, Fall 2021

Instructor: Dr. Laurel Langford, homepage
Office hours
Syllabus
Monday Wednesday
Friday


Sept 3: Finite Geometries Post class update done
Axiom system for in class activity version 1
Video review of class:
Intro (duplicates in class stuff--if you weren't in class, start here)
Discussion (extends class discussion--even if you were in class, please watch this before doing the homework.
Homework assignment
Labor Day
Sept 8 version 1, version 2 Sept 10: Review from previous days:
About undefined terms
About Spheres
About the current tasks
Current task sheet (work on trying to prove that through every pair of algebraically defined points (x,y) there is exactly one straight line.  Either draft a proof, or bring a question about how to prove this to class on Monday.
Sept 13 Reminder: read section 1.2: Hyperbolic Plane in the textbook.
Practice work for this week: handout
Video recap
Sept 15
Video 1: Class overview
Video 2: Upper half plane model for hyperbolic geometry
Sept 17 Answers to the practice problems handout
Video with other Friday content
Sept 20
Sept 22

Sept 24--Quiz 1
Sept 27 Assignment due Friday
Video recap of class part 1: axioms and assignment
Video recap part 2: constructions
Sept 29 Video summary (lengths of hyperbolic lines)
Oct 1
Assignment due next Wednesday
Videos of using Geogebra for transformations: Part 1 (basic tools), Part 2 (application), Part 3 (reflections can do everything)
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Oct 11 Do this assignment in Geogebra:
https://www.geogebra.org/classroom/dw4vdjpf
Due Friday.
Video demo of assignment tools
Note, Geogebra will autosave your work on the assignment for me to look at it.  It will show up with your Geogebra screen name.
In Canvas -> Zoom, you should be able to see today's class.
Homework due Monday

All of the content Sept 27-Oct13
Oct 18


Oct 25
Oct 27: Quiz/test 2
Assignment due Monday Nov 1

Nov 3: Before Friday, read and study
Pg 60: I.10
Pg 61 I.11
Pg 62-63 I.12
Assignment due Monday Nov 8
pg 61 # 3, 5
:pg 64 # 1, 2, 3


Nov 12
Assignment due Weds Nov 17
Pg 67 # 1, 4; pg. 69 # 1, 3; Pg 70 # 1, 3

Nov 17: HW due Nov 29:
pg 71 # 6, 7, 9 (Hint for 7: consider the diagram on page 68, and add to it segment AF)
pg. 73 # 1, 3
Pg 75 #1 (Hint: if the given triangle has vertices ABC, and D is a point in the interior of the triangle where the straight lines of the theorem meet, extend segment AD to a point E on side BC.  Prove the inequalities first segments and angles ABC and AEC, and then prove the inequalities for segments and angles AEC and ADC.)


Noc 24 class on Zoom.  Go to Zoom in the links in the Canvas course on the left.






Dec 10: Final Exam review

Office Hours:
Wednesday: 10-12:45
Final Exam Wednesday 1:00-3:00 (NH 16)