Math 161 - Modern Geometry (Spring '25)
Important Notice
The Spring 2025 final exam will be held Monday 9th June at 8am (in Exam Week). This overrides the TBA final exam date listed on WebSOC. You MUST be available at this time if you want to enroll in the class!
Course Notes
- Axiomatic Systems (pdf) (html)
- Euclidean Geometry(pdf) (html) --- to Wed week 2
- Analytic Geometry
- Hyperbolic Geometry
- Fractals
- Material from each lecture will appear by the end of that day. Refresh/reload the page if you don't see an expected update.
- All homework exercises (see Canvas) refer to these notes. Solutions to all exercises will appear in Canvas after the submission deadline.
- Please report typos or anything that's unclear so the notes can be improved.
- The html version is experimentally converted from the pdf. If something looks wacky, compare with the pdf and report it.
- If you want to read ahead, here is the full version of the notes from last year (pdf). This year's will not differ significantly, but beware possible changes in exercise-numbering!
If you want to start typesetting mathematics, here is a short guide. If you're a veteran, feel free to muck with the source code for the notes.
The full syllabus, exercise solutions, class policies, assessment dates and gradebook are within Canvas for enrolled students only.