MTHT 510: Introduction to Higher Geometry

Fall Semester, 2009

Instructor: Anatoly Libgober
Office: SEO 413
Phone: 312-413-2138
Office Hours: MW 11 a.m. or by appointment.
Text: John Stillwell, The Four Pillars of Geometry, Springer.
Hours: The course meets Thursday, 5-8 p.m. SEO 600

Topics

This course is an introduction to axiomatic Euclidean, Projective, and Non-Euclidean Geometry.

Grading and Homework

Grades will be based on midterms and homework problems assigned at regular intervals. Problems will be assigned during classes.

Other Sources

R.Hartshorne, Projective Geometry.
William Barker and Roger Howe, Continuous Symmetry: from Euclid to Klein, AMS 2007.

Final exam (will be posted later).