Math 123S: Geometry

Fall 2002

Course Information

Meeting Time:

Tuesday and Thursday, 2:15-3:30 in Room 233B, Physics Bldg.

Text:

Marvin J. Greenberg Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries: Development and History, Third Edition

Instructor:

Robert L. Bryant

128A Physics Building

660-2805

bryant@math.duke.edu

Office Hours:

9:00--11:00 and 01:30--2:30 Wednesdays

Home Page:

http://www.math.duke.edu/~bryant/123S/

Homework: (40%)

There will be regular homework assignments. The algorithm for the due date is as follows: Homework assigned in any given week is due on the first day of class of the following week. (This will usually be Tuesday, of course, but at least once (Fall Break) it will be Thursday.)

Exams: (40%)

There will be four exams, three in-class tests (25%) and a final (15%). These will be in-class and closed book.

Projects: (20%)

Each student will be required to choose one project from an approved list. The final result of the project will be a 15-20 page report on the subject chosen. The first draft of the project is due before Thanksgiving break. The second draft will be due by the last day of class.

1. Name
2. E-mail address
3. OK to publish in Class List? (If you respond 'yes', and if I do put this on the web, its access will be restricted to Duke IP addresses.)
4. Recent math classes
5. Reason for taking this course (idle curiosity is a reasonable answer)
6. (optional) Favorite band (This helps me learn something about who you are.) As for myself, I listen mainly to classical and jazz, but my rock/pop/folk listening wanders around in {Radiohead, REM, Indigo Girls, Gypsy Kings, Jeff Buckley, Kate Wolf, Joni Mitchell, Cowboy Junkies, Rufus Wainwright} depending on my mood.
7. (optional) Recent novel you liked (Idle curiosity again.) I recently read Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and am in the middle of my project of reading all of C. J. Cherryh's sci-fi novels.