MATH 3181 Course Outline

Math 3181: Fundamental Concepts of Geometry Sample Course Outline and Schedule

Week Sections Topics
week 1 chapter 1: 1 – 2 Introduction, Euclid’s Elements, Constructions
week 2 chapter 1: 2 – 3 Euclid’s Elements, Constructions
week 3 chapter 1: 3 – 4 Euclid’s Elements, Constructions
week 4 chapter 1: 4 chapter 2: 6 Constructions Incidence Geometries
week 5 chapter 2: 6 – 9 Hilbert Axioms Review for Test 1
week 6 chapter 2: 6 – 9 Test 1 Hilbert Axioms
week 7 chapter 2: 10 – 12 Planes, Intersections of Lines and Circles
week 8 chapter 3: 13 – 15 Cartesian Plane, Fields, Incidence, Betweenness
week 9 chapter 3: 16 – 18 Congruence, SAS, non-Archimedean Geometry
week 10 chapter 4 Line Segments, Similar Triangles, Coordinates Review for Test 2
week 11 chapter 5: 22 Test 2 Area
week 12 chapter 5: 23 – 24 Area, Dissection
week 13 chapter 5: 25 – 27 Quadratura Circuli, Volume, Hilbert’s 3rd Problem
week 14 chapter 6: 28 – 31 Constructions, Equations
week 15 chapter 7: 33 – 43 Non-Euclidean Geometries, Circular Inversion, Di- gression, the Poincare model, Hyperbolic Geometry
week 16 chapter 8 Polyhedra
Review for final exam