MATH 228. Classical Geometry.
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MATH 228
Classical Geometry.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mathematics and Statistics (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
This course is designed to reintroduce classical Euclidean geometry to tomorrow’s teachers. Topics include: Axioms and Euclid’s Elements, the triangle theorem, the Pythagorean Theorem and its extensions, basic constructions and similar triangles, Thales’ theorems and cyclic quadrilaterals, the centers of triangles, the nine-point circle, conic sections and analytic geometry, the prismatoid formula, the Platonic solids, non-Euclidean geometries.
- Restrictions: Cannot be taken for credit by students in Mathematics and Statistics programs.
- Not open to students who have taken or are taking MATH 348 or MATH 398.
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