The University of Massachusetts Boston

Department of Mathematics

MA460 Topics in Geometry, Fall 2019

Instructor: Prof. Alfred Noël

Office : 3-175 Science Building

Phone : (617)-287-6458

Email : anoel@math.umb.edu

Url : http://www.math.umb.edu/~anoel

Room: M-1- 418

Class hours: Tuesday, Thurssday 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM.

Office hours: Tuesday, Thursday 2:30 PM - 3:55 PM.

Text: Geometry by David A. Brannan, Matthew F. Esplen & Jeremy J. Gray ; first edition; Cambridge University Press, 1999 (510 pp.); (ISBN# 0-521-59787-0).

Description:

This course has 3 credits. Topics taken from classical Euclidean geometry and the non Euclidean geometries; projective geometry; lattices; finite geometries.

We will cover topics in every chapter except 5.

Pre-Requisites: Math 260.

There will be weekly homework assignments

Exams: There will be one midterm on October 17 and a cumulative final exam.

Grading Procedures: Homework : 50% - Midterm 20% - Final exam: 30%.

THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP EXAMS.

STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MATERIAL COVERED IN CLASS.