Animated GIF by Ethan Bakshy, class project 26nov04
Professor George Francis
Eight-week course meets 16jan07-09mar07
MWF 9:00-10:50 am Section B13/B14
345 Altgeld Hall
contact: gfrancis@uiuc.edu, 102AH, 333-4794
Text: Michael Hvidsten, Geometry with Geometry Explorer, McGrawHill 2005
Grader: TBA
From the introduction to Hvidsten's textbook:
"Geometry is one of the richest areas for mathematical exploration.
The visual aspects of the subject make exploration and experimentation
natural and intuitive. At the same time, the abstractions developed to
explain geometric patterns and connections make the subject extremely
powerful and applicable to a wide variety of physical situations. In this
book [and course] we give equal weight to intuitive and
imaginative exploration of
geometry as well as to abstract reasoning and proofs."
To enable our pursuit of these twin goals we will use the Geometry Explorer software package that accompanies the text. We will use a balanced mixture of contemporary and classical learning techniques, including active learning sessions, journals, labs, reports, webpages, graded homework, quizzes and tests. This page is the portal to a web-tree of useful information that will accumulate over the semester. Set your bookmarks to it, and consult it often. In a addition to weekly homework, quizzes, or reports there will be one midterm (TBA) and a two-part 3hr final 9am-11am, on Wed/Fri 06mar07/09mar07.