Elementary Geometry : Fall 2013

Reference books
Robin Hartshorne : Geometry : Euclid and Beyond, UTM, Springer
Roger Fenn : Geometry, Springer Undergraduate Mathematics series

Weights for exams
Assignments 10 (average)
Quiz (4) 40 (average of best 3)
Mid sem 25
End sem 25

Important dates
Due date for assignment 1 August 16, 2013
Quiz 1 August 29, 2013
Quiz 2 September 12, 2013
Due date for assignment 2 September 16, 2013
Mid sem September 26, 2013 (Venue : LH206, Time : 10AM - 12 noon)
Due date for assignment 3 November 4, 2013
Quiz 3 November 5, 2013
Quiz 4 November 18, 2013
Due date for assignment 4 November 28, 2013
End sem November 28, 2013 (Venue : LH206, Time : 10AM - 12 noon)

Topics covered
, Desargues' theorem revisited
Date Topic Link
August 1, 2013 Introduction lect01.pdf
August 5, 2013 Euclidean Geometry: Some problems with the axioms lect02.pdf
August 6, 2013 Hilbert's axioms lect03.pdf
August 8, 2013 Tutorial lect04.pdf
August 12, 2013 Hilbert's axioms continued lect05.pdf
August 13, 2013 Conics lect06.pdf
August 19, 2013 Affine transformations - I The first four pages of this link.
August 20, 2013 Affine transformations - II
August 22, 2013 Tutorial : Discussion on computing transformations lect10.pdf
August 26, 2013 Circular Inversion - I lect11.pdf
August 27, 2013 Circular Inversion - II
August 29, 2013 Quiz 1 quiz01.pdf
September 2, 2013 Stereographic Projection: conformality lect12.pdf
September 3, 2013 Circular Inversion is conformal; Cross ratio lect13.pdf
September 5, 2013 Tutorial : some computations
September 10, 2013 Introduction to hyperbolic geometry lect15.pdf
September 12, 2013 Quiz 2 quiz02.pdf
September 16, 2013 Some facts about limiting parallels. lect16.pdf
September 17, 2013 Angle of parallelism: sum of angles of a hyperbolic triangle lect17.pdf
September 19, 2013 Tutorial lect18.pdf
September 26, 2013 Mid sem Mid Sem Solutions
September 30, 2013 Poincar\'e disk is an Hilbert Plane lect19.pdf
October 1, 2013 M\"obius transformations; Upper Half Plane lect20.pdf
October 2, 2013 Review of solid geometry lect21.pdf
October 3, 2013 Tutorial: Did some examples of computations in R3 lect22.pdf
October 17, 2013 Tutorial: Isometries on R3 Fenn Pg 154-157
October 21, 2013 Spherical triangles and quaternions Fenn sections 8.2, 9.1 - 9.4
October 22, 2013 Quaternions, rotations, stereographic projections Fenn sections 9.5, 5.9 (stereographc projection)
October 23, 2013 Real Projective plane, homogenisation, Incidence and duality, Axioms Fenn Sections 6.1 - 6.3
October 24, 2013 Tutorial : Some problems
October 28, 2013 Desargues' theorem
October 29, 2013 RP3
October 30, 2013 Some videos and tutorial
October 31, 2013 Tutorial: Computing perspectives
November 4, 2013 Cross ratio of collinear points on RP2: Motivation and definition.
November 5, 2013 Quiz 3 quiz03.pdf
November 7, 2013 Cross ratio of a pencil of lines, projectivity and perspectivity
November 11, 2013 Projectivity as composition of perspectivity; statement of Pappus' thm
November 12, 2013 Proof of Pappus' theorem. Projective transformations
November 18, 2013 Quiz - 4 quiz04.pdf
November 19, 2013 Projective transformations and conics Notes
November 21, 2013 Tutorial
November 28, 2013 End Sem
Assignments
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Assignment 4