This is a tentative schedule. The reading assignments will be given out during class, but this should give you some idea of how much material is covered.

 

Week 1: Aug 23-27     

         Euclidean Geometry.

Read pg 7-11 of the reader    

Week 2: Aug 30-Sep3    

         Symmetry

Read pg 21-23 of the reader      

Read Schattschneider page 1-19

Week 3: Sep 6-10              

(Monday September 6, Labor Day Holiday)

         Basic Tessellations.

Read Schattschneider page 19-34

Week 4: Sep 13-18            

         Geometers Sketchpad and theory of tessellations

Read Schattschneider page 34-52

Week 5: Sep 20-24

         EscherŐs tessellation

         Reader: 37-44 and 71-75

Week 6: Sep 27-Oct 1

         Border Patterns, Wallpaper Groups

Reader: 89-90

Week 7: Oct 4-8

         Basilica visit and Project 1

Week 8: Oct 11-15         

(M-T Oct 18-19  Fall Break)

         Exam 1

Week 9: Oct 18-22

         Non-Euclidean Geometry (Spherical)

Reader: 114-115

Week 10: Oct 25-29

         Non-Euclidean Geometry (Hyperbolic)

Reader: 133 and 117-129

Week 11: Nov 1-5

         Non-Euclidean Geometry

Reader: 134-146

Week 12: Nov 8-12

Fractals Exam 2

Week 13: Nov 15-19

         Fractals, 2 and 3 dimensions

Week 14: Nov 22-26        

(Thursday/Friday November 25-26, Thanksgiving Holiday)

         The 4th dimension

Week 15: Nov 29-Dec 3    

         The 4th dimension