Math 540 - Geometry I for Secondary Teachers

Credits: 3

Course Description: This course is a rigorous treatment of the foundations and development of geometry: the axiomatic method, Euclid's axioms, the independence of the parallel postulate, and the development of non-Euclidean geometries.

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Current Textbook: Euclidean and Non-euclidean Geometries: Development and History, 3rd Edition, by Marvin Jay Greenberg. ISBN: 0-71-672446-4. Published by W.H. Freeman, 1993. Check with your instructor to make sure this is the textbook used for your section.

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