Classical Geometries (math 128A) Fall. 2013. MWF 9:30 to 10:40 in Physical Sciences 114
Prof.: Richard Montgomery. 4120 McHenry. Office hours: M 11-12. Thurs. 11/21. additional: Tuesday 12/3, 1:00-3:00.
TA: Michael Magee. Office hrs: MW 4-5:30pm in McH 1261.
SYLLABUS
READING, Nov-Dec: Stillwell. ; Reader.
Lecture Notes. * ... A reading guide.
plan for the last 5 days of class
Homework Assignments
Homework Solutions *** !! HW 8 solutions posted !! **
*** Make-up class: 6-8 PM Dec 5, in Nat. Sci. Annex 101 ********
Final Review *** !!for the last two classes and Makeup class!! **
Some of the most influential post-1820 geometers:

Beltrami

Poincare

Lobachevsky

Bolyai

Klein

Gauss

Riemann

Thurston

Links

Hyperbolic geometry (wiki) Angle of Parallelism (wiki) Hyperbolic tilings (interactive) Angels, Devils, 90-45-45 tri's (Escher)

Mob. transf's and stereo. proj'n (the beautiful movie) Inversion through circle Riemann sphere (wiki) Spherical geometry tutorial Stereo proj'n of Platonic solids (interactive) A deal with the Devil

***GEOGEBRA : a web-based ruler and compass tool

SITES; VARIOUS: many busted ... >.
`Levi's problems'


*** R Schwartz .. Fun and projective games ...
N-Body
*** N bodies moving on Platonic Solids
*** starting with `from triangles to CP1'