- You are allowed a single, handwritten, 3x5 inch note card for the exam. You should bring straight edge, compasses and other writing implements.
- A study guide/outline has been posted to the files section below.
- Check out this cool cover for the Transactions of the AMS. It is from an amazing edition of Euclid I wish I owned.
- Updated edition of Geometry in a Nutshell has been posted on 2/26.
- James Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem.
- I've gotten a couple of questions about this, the reading and exercises for the first homework are in Geometry in a Nutshell, available below as bkrun.pdf.
- You can obtain Geometer's Sketchpad from the bookstore or McGraw Hill. You need to do this before Tuesday's Class!
- I have posted the current draft of the textbook below as bkrun.pdf.
- I will be posting time sensitive information here.
Homework Instructions
Homework is due by 11:30 AM on the date assigned. No late homework will be accepted except by prior arrangement. You may submit your homework in class or in my box in the Math and Statistics Department office.
Formatting Instructions
- All homework must be submitted in ink (and you should be sure to leave adequate space for grading comments). If you are using lined paper, you should double space your work where appropriate.
- Your name, class section and due date should appear in the top right hand corner of the first page.
- Your assignment must be stapled together (not paperclipped, not crimped). Staple all assignments due on the same date together.
- If your paper came from a spiral bound notebook, you must remove all the pokey out bits (the edges of the page should be straight and clean).
Failure to follow these instructions will result in deductions from your grade.
Using LaTeX with Geometer's Sketchpad
The easiest way to go, without installing any additional virtual printers or programs is the following.
LaTeX knows to include .png directly using the graphicx package. So you just put the .png file in the same directory as your .tex file and it will compile nice and easily.
To make a .png file, if you are working with Geometers' Sketchpad then you can actually select the drawing, ctrl-c (to copy it), ctrl-v to dump it into Paint or Preview, then save as PNG.
Grading Policy
Each problem will be graded on a 5 point scale: 5=entirely or nearly correct, 4=nearly correct but solution is poorly presented or contains a notable error, 3=mostly correct but a significant mathematical error, 2=significant progress in the right direction but multiple errors, 1=a genuine attempt at the problem, 0=little or no real attempt at the problem.