MATH 427 FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRY (Euclidean and various non-Euclidean geometries and their development from postulate systems.)

  • Instructor: Anton Petrunin
  • Book: Euclidean plane and its relatives, ISBN: 9781650229676
  • Class: MoWeFr 11:15--12:05 Thomas Bldg 215
  • Office hours: McAllister Building 333, Mo 12:20--13:10, or by appointment.
    • Midterm/HWA/Quizzes/Final/Extra

  • 1st midterm: Fri Oct 13 (subject to change), in class.
  • 2nd midterm: Fri Nov 10 (subject to change), in class.
  • HWA: usually assigned on Wed and usually is due next Mon.
  • Quizzes: once a week, usually on Wed; it is always based on previous HWA.
  • Extra credit problems: The solutions should be presented orally. Only the first solution will be graded. The solutions will NOT be graded after Fri, Nov 17.
    • Grading policy:

  • Each HWA = 10,
  • Each quiz = 10,
  • Each midterm = 100,
  • Each extra credit problem = 20.
    • No makeups! Two worse HWA and Quizzes will be dropped.

  • 90% guarantees "A".
  • 80% guarantees "B".
  • 70% guarantees "C".
  • 55% guarantees "D".

    • The lowest three percentage points of a range will be minus and the highest three percentage points of a range will be plus.

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