MATH 124: Math & the Art of M. C. Escher

Spring 2007

MWF 10:00-10:50 in Shannon 118

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Final Art Project
The assignment is on the web at EscherWiki "Art and Mathematics Project"
Your (written/sketched) plan is due Monday April 30.
Your final project is due at the start of our scheduled final exam period, Monday May 7 at 12:00pm. We will have a brief art show, possibly with performances.

The third exam will be Monday, May 7 after the art show. It will be a 1 hour exam, like the first two, and will only cover material in the last third of the course. (It's not a final, just a third exam.)

Remaining office hours for Spring 2007:
W 5/2 from 2-3pm, Th 5/3 from 12:30-1:30pm, F 5/4 in the afternoon,
M 5/7 from 10-11am.


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Homework assignments

  1. Due Friday, 1/26:
    Read Pg. 1-15 in VOS
    Read EscherWiki Sections I and II.1
    Do EscherWiki Rosette Exercises #1,2,3,5,7,8,9,10,12,13
  2. Due Monday, 2/5:
    Read Pg. 15-31 in VOS
    Read EscherWiki Section II.2
    Do EscherWiki Frieze Exercises #1-9
  3. Due Monday 2/12:
    Read Pg. 31-44, 77-78 in VOS
    Read EscherWiki Section II.3
    Do EscherWiki Wallpaper Exercises #1-7
  4. Due Friday 3/2:
    Read Pg 106-117, 254-260 in VOS
    Read EscherWiki Section III.1 and III.2
    Do EscherWiki Polygonal Tessellations Exercises #2-11
  5. Due Friday 3/23:
    Read Pg 91, 248-254 in VOS
    Read EscherWiki Section IV
    Do EscherWiki Self-similarity Exercises #1-14
  6. Due Wednesday 3/28:
    Read Pg 243-247 in VOS
    Read EscherWiki Section V.2 Spherical Geometry
    Do Spherical Geometry Exercises #1-8, 12-15.
  7. Due Friday 4/13:
    Read EscherWiki Section V.2 Spherical Geometry
    Read: Calter, The Platonic Solids.
    Do Spherical Geometry Exercises #18-27,29-32,34.
  8. Due Friday 4/20:
    Read EscherWiki Section V.3 Hyperbolic Geometry
    Do Hyperbolic Geometry Exercises #1-11.
  9. Due Monday 4/30:
    Read EscherWiki Section VII
    Read: Chapter 13 of The Magic Mirror of MC Escher (handout).
    Do Depth and Perspective Exercises #1-11.