Honors Geometry

Spring 2009

Week 1: Jan 19 - Jan 23

  • No Class Monday (Martin Luther King Day)
  • Scorpling Flugs
  • Scorpling Flugs
  • Chapter 1 (Basics)

Homework

Week 2: Jan 26 - Jan 30

  • Chapter 1 (Basics)
  • Chapter 1 (Basics)
  • Chapter 2 (Logic, Incidence)
  • Chapter 2 (Logic, Incidence)

Homework

Week 3: Feb 2 - Feb 6

  • Chapter 2 (Logic, Incidence)
  • Chapter 2 (Models, Projective and Affine Planes)
  • Chapter 2 (Models, Projective and Affine Planes)
  • Chapter 2 (Models, Projective and Affine Planes)

Homework

Week 4: Feb 9 - Feb 13

  • Chapter 3 (Betweenness)
  • Review
  • Exam 1
  • Chapter 3 (Betweenness)

Homework

Week 5: Feb 16 - Feb 20

  • Chapter 3 (Betweenness, Congruence)
  • Chapter 3 (Congruence)
  • Chapter 3 (Congruence)
  • Chapter 3 (Congruence)

Homework

Week 6: Feb 23 - Feb 27

  • Chapter 3 (Congruence)
  • Chapter 3 (Congruence)
  • Chapter 3 (Congruence)
  • Chapter 3 (Continuity)

Homework

Week 7: Mar 2 - Mar 6

  • Chapter 3 (Continuity, Parallel Axiom)
  • Chapter 3 (Parallel Axiom)
  • Chapter 3 (Parallel Axiom)
  • Chapter 4 (Neutral Geometry)

Homework

Week 8: Mar 9 - Mar 13

  • Chapter 4 (Neutral Geometry)
  • Review
  • Exam 2
  • Chapter 4 (Neutral Geometry)

Homework

Week 9: Mar 23 - Mar 27

  • Chapter 4 (Neutral Geometry)
  • Chapter 4 (Neutral Geometry)
  • Chapter 5 (History)
  • Chapter 5 (History)

Homework

Week 10: Mar 30 - Apr 3

  • Chapter 6 (History, Non-Euclidean)
  • Chapter 6 (History, Non-Euclidean)
  • Chapter 6 (History, Non-Euclidean)
  • Chapter 6 (History, Non-Euclidean)

Homework

Week11: Apr 6 - Apr 10 (Registration Week)

  • Chapter 6 (History, Non-Euclidean)
  • Chapter 6 (History, Non-Euclidean)
  • Chapter 7 (Hyperbolic Geometry)
  • Chapter 7 (Hyperbolic Geometry)

Homework

Week 12: Apr 13 - Apr 17

  • Chapter 7 (Hyperbolic Geometry)
  • Review
  • Exam 3
  • Chapter 7 (Hyperbolic Geometry)

Homework

Week 13: Apr 20 - Apr 24

  • Chapter 7 (Hyperbolic Geometry)
  • Chapter 7 (Hyperbolic Geometry)
  • Chapter 7 (Hyperbolic Geometry)
  • Chapter 7 (Hyperbolic Geometry)

Homework

Week 14: Apr 27 - May 1

  • Chapter 7 (Hyperbolic Geometry)
  • Chapter 8 (Philosophical Implications)
  • Chapter 8 (Philosophical Implications)
  • Chapter 8 (Philosophical Implications)

Homework

Week 15: May 4 - May 8

  • Chapter 8 (Philosophical Implications)
  • Review
  • No Class (Reading Period)
  • No Class (Reading Period)

Homework

Additional Problems

  1. The DNA molecule has the shape of double helix. The radius of each helix is about 10 angstroms and each helix rises about 34 angstroms during each turn. Since there are about 2.9×10⁸ complete turns, estimate the length of each helix.