| Date |
Sections covered |
Suggested
assignments |
Comments |
| Jan. 6 |
part of 4.1 |
#1-7, 16-18, 22, 23, 27, p. 163
-164 |
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| Jan. 8 |
part of 4.1 |
see above |
for the next time, read Appendix
2 |
| Jan. 13 |
Review Appendix 2 |
taking as axioms S25, S1, S2,
S3, S7, S8, S9, S16, S21, S24, prove the other properties from these. |
Homework 1 is due
Tuesday, January 20. Try to make your proofs clear and concise. You can freely use anything we proved (or assumed as axiom) in class, but make sure to mention what you are using. |
| Jan. 15 |
rest of 4.1 |
#1-9, 15-27, 31, p. 163-164 | |
| Jan. 20 |
Appolonius Circle |
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| Jan. 22 |
4.2 |
#1-16, p. 171 | Homework 2 is due
Thursday, Jan. 29 |
| Jan. 27 |
Area formulae and Stewart's Theorem |
These
are the lecture notes (courtesy of Lenny Foret) Try to do all suggested exercises from these notes |
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| Jan. 29 |
part of 4.3 Nine pts. Circle Euler line |
#2-4, 6-8, p.176-177 | Nothing to hand in (yet), but
try to do the suggested assignment. Exam 1 is coming (on Feb. 10)! |
| Feb. 3 |
rest of 4.3 |
#2-14, 17-19, p.176-177 | Exam 1 covers everything we did
in class up to (and including) Feb.3 You have to know well the basic notions and the basic theorems discussed. Also any problem on the suggested assignment list can be an exam problem. |
| Feb. 5 |
Review for Exam 1 |
Extra office hours for Exam 1:
Monday 11:00am-1:00pm |
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| Feb. 10 |
Exam
1 |
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| Feb. 12 |
Solution of Exam 1 |
Try to redo yourselves the
problems that you missed on the exam. |
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| Feb. 17 |
4.6 Golden Ratio, Fibonacci
sequence 4.7 Extremum Problems |
3, 4, p. 193 1-12 all, p. 205 |
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| Feb. 19 |
4.7 More on Extremum Problems |
see above |
Homework 3 is due Thursday, Feb. 26 |
| Feb. 24 |
Appendix 6 5.1 Constructions |
know how to do all the
elementary constructions from appendix 4-11 all, p. 215 |
Pb. 2 in hwk. 3 will be extra
credit. But it is not that hard, after all. The hint I gave in class works. Let E and F be the feet of the altitudes from B and C respectively. Show that D', E, F are collinear (using angles). The same will hold for D'', E, F. |
| Feb. 26 |
5.1 5.2 |
4-15 all, 18, 19, p. 215-216 9-21 all |
We
have a learning assistant for College Geometry! His name is Ish Syed. He will be available MW 4:00-5:00pm outside the Math Computer Lab DM 409A. I encourage you to form study groups and ask him questions. |
| Mar. 3 |
5.2 |
1-21 all, 23, 26 |
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| Mar. 5 |
5.3 |
#6-20, p. 225-226 | Homework
4 due Thursday, March 12 Pbs: 11 on page 215 (section 5.1), 12 and 14 on page 225 (section 5.3) For first two problems, you are asked to both describe the steps and do the construction with straight edge and compass, for the last problem just the description of the steps is required. |
| Mar. 10 |
5.3 5.4 |
see above 8, 9, 11, 18 |
Important:
Exam 2 will be held on Thursday, March 26 (notice the change vs. the syllabus) |
| Mar. 12 |
5.5 |
1-5, 7-9 |
Exam 2 (on Thu. March 26)
covers sections 5.1-5.5 and 4.6, 4.7 (the parts from them that we did). Any problem in the suggested homework or any exercise given in class are potential exam questions. |
| Mar. 17 |
no class(Spring Break) |
From review of Chapter 5 (p.
240-241) you can look at #1-3, 6-12, 16-19 Try also the following extra construction problems. |
The due date for Hwk. 4 has been
extended to Tue. Mar. 24. Extra credit problems (5 pts each): (do them after the exam 2) Pb. 12, p. 237, and also the intial problem I asked (and don't know how to do it!) Given a circle and a point outside it, construct the tangents from the point to the circle: (consult Donovan Johnson, Paper folding for the Mathematics class for the axioms of paper folding) |
| Mar. 19 |
no class(Spring Break) |
Have a nice Spring break! | During spring break, I will have
regular office hours, Tue and Thu from 11:00 to 12:30. |
| Mar. 24 |
Review for Exam |
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| Mar. 26 |
Worksheet/Hwk5 work it out during class time without an instructor! |
Due Tue. Mar. 31 |
Exam 2 is moved to Tue. Mar. 31 |
| Mar. 31 |
Exam
2 |
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| Apr. 2 |
2.1 2.2 |
#1-21, p.43-44 #1-22, 24, p.50-51 |
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| Apr. 7 |
2.3 |
#1-14, 16-25, p. 60-61 | |
| Apr. 9 |
2.3 class material |
see above |
Homework 5
is due Thursday, April 14 |
| Apr. 14 |
2.6 class material |
#1, 3-9, 12-18, p. 83 | |
| Apr. 16 |
Review |
Some good problems from: Chap 4 review: 1-8, 19-24 p. 207-209 |
Office
hours on Monday, April 20, 9:30-11:30am |
| Apr.
21 9:30-11:45 |
Final
Exam regular room |
The
final is comprehensive (covers all we did). |
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| Here are
(in order) the scores of your last homework, the score on your final exam (out of 150) and the final grade for the class (slightly updated and submitted grades) |
Have
a good summer! |
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