Math 302 - Elementary geometry from an advanced point of view

Lectures

Here you can find what was done in the lectures, and from time to time also what is planned for upcoming lectures.

Thursday, December 7th.

Chapter 24.3 - 24.4 Hyperbolic parallel postulate. Defect of a triangle. Collapse of similarity theory.

Tuesday, December 5th.

Chapter 24.2 Critical parallels. Open triangles.

Thursday, November 30th.

Problem session Student presentation (PDF), and some new problems (PDF).

Tuesday, November 28th.

Chapter 24.1 The critical function.

Tuesday, November 21st.

Chapter 12.1 - 12.3 Proportionalities. Similarities between triangles. The Pythagorean Theorem.

Thursday, November 16th.

Exam Problems (PDF) and suggested solutions (PDF).

Tuesday, November 14th.

Chapter 11.3 - 11.4 The basic similarity theorem.

Thursday, November 9th.

Problem session Student presentations (PDF), and some new problems (PDF).

Tuesday, November 7th.

Chapter 11.1 - 11.2 Uniqueness of parallels. Parallel projections.

Thursday, November 2nd.

Chapter 10.3 - 10.4 Saccheri quadrilaterals. Angle-sum in a triangle.

Tuesday, October 31st.

Chapter 8, 10.1 - 10.3 The synthetic approach. Absolute plane geometry. Saccheri quadrilaterals.

Thursday, October 26th.

Problem session Student presentation, and some new problems (PDF).

Tuesday, October 24th.

Chapter 7 Geometric inequalities.

Thursday, October 19th.

Chapter 6.4 - 6.5 Independence of the SAS postulate. Consequences of the SAS postulate.

Tuesday, October 17th.

Chapter 6.1 - 6.2 Congruence of triangles. The SAS postulate and friends.

Thursday, October 12th.

Problem session Student presentations, and some new problems (PDF).

Tuesday, October 10th.

Chapter 5 Angular measure (self-study).

Thursday, October 5th.

Exam Problems (PDF) and suggested solutions (PDF).

Tuesday, October 3rd.

Chapter 9 Models. Hyperbolic geometry.

Thursday, September 28th.

Chapter 4.4 - 4.5 Quadrilaterals. Separation in space.

Tuesday September 26th.

Chapter 4.2 - 4.3 Discussed Postulate of Pasch. More on incidence theorems.

Thursday September 21st.

Problem session Student presentations, and some new problems (PDF).

Tuesday September 19th.

Chapter 4.1 - 4.2 Convexity and separation. Incidence theorems.

Thursday September 14th.

Chapter 3.5 - 3.6 Definitions of angles and triangles. Congruence of segments.

Tuesday September 12th.

Chapter 3.3 - 3.5 Betweenness. Definitions of lines, rays and segments.

Thursday September 7th.

Problem session Discussed homework and worked on some new problems (PDF).

Tuesday September 5th.

Chapter 3.1 - 3.3 Functions, and in particular the distance function.

Thursday August 31st.

Chapter 2 Introduction to the course. Incidence geometry.