Math 480 Visual Mathematics
Summer, 2001
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
last revised 3-15-01

 MTWR 1600-1715  SH 128  
09-JUL-01  to 10-AUG-01
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Summer, 2001     Problem Assignments (Tentative as of  2-28-01)       M.FLASHMAN


Assignments are due on the indicated date.
* = interesting but optional (extra credit)
Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
1 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12
2 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19
3 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26
4 7/30 7/31 8/1 8/2
5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9
Topic Schedule
Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
1 7/9 7/10 7/11 7/12
2 7/16 7/17 7/18 7/19
3 7/23 7/24 7/25 7/26
4 7/30 7/31 8/1 8/2
5 8/6 8/7 8/8 8/9

Course Information

Description: Topics in mathematics that arise from attempts to define and  explain aspects of visual experience, such as symmetry, space dimension, surfaces, and curvature. Appropriate for students and teachers (middle or high school) of mathematics or science.
 

  • Here's Looking at Euclid..., by J.Petit, Kaufmann (1985).
  • Flatland By E. Abbott, Dover.

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    Tentative List of Topics 
    (Still open for additions but longer than what will actually be covered)
    1.Introduction.: What is a Visual Argument
    2. Planar Issues
            a.Points, lines and polygons.
            b.Planar Tilings
            c.Symmetry and Isometries.
     3.Introduction to Space.
            a.Polyhedra
            b.Isometries
    4.Magnification and Similarity
            a. The problems of scale.
            b. Fractals.
    5.Projective Geometry
            a.Configurations
            b.Duality
    6.Non-Euclidean Views
            a..Projective Geometry
            b.The Poincare Model
    7.Curves and Surfaces
             a.Continuity and Dimensions
             b.Accounting for Geometry (Planar and Non-Planar)
             c.Classification Problems
             d.Color Problems
     

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