math 355   college geometry   spring 2019

announcements
office hours:  Mon/Wed 5:15-5:45, Tue 11-11:45
4/22  Exploration 3 is posted.


handouts
syllabus
wallpaper patterns project topics
explorations
1st
2nd
3rd

recreational handouts
bike tracks
japanese temple problems
puzzling triangles

reference
Some texts worth consulting.
  • Brannan, Esplen, and Gray. Geometry
  • Gorini, ed. Geometry at work: A collection of papers showing applications of geometry
  • Holme. Geometry: Our cultural heritage
  • Kinsey, Moore, and Prassidis. Geometry and symmetry
  • Sibley. The geometric viewpoint: a survey of geometries
Geometry Junkyard
Jeff Weeks's Topology and Geometry Software
Math Forum: Geometry

Patterns formed by coins (pdf)
Dodecahedral  space topology (pdf)
The shape and topology of the universe (pdf)
Pascal pyramid, Pascal hyper-pyramid, and a bilateral multinomial theorem (pdf)