MA 435 -- Chi Li

01:640:435 - Geometry

T/Th 11am-12:20pm   (zoom)


Instructor/TA Office Office hour (zoom) Email
Dr. Chi Li Wednesday/Friday 1-1:40pm chi.li@rutgers.edu
@math.rutgers.edu

Textbook Schedule Canvas Rutgers Zoom Policies Services

Grading:
Quizzes Homework
Due on Monday
Midterms Final Total
30 70 100=50*2 100 400

Schedule of topics (updating) and Rutgers Calendar

Week

Sections

Notes

Recordings

Week 1: 9/1-9/3

2.1: Geometry and Transformations

Week 2: 9/6-9/10

2.2: Affine Transformations

2.3: Properties of Affine Transformations

Week 3: 9/13-9/17

2.4: Using the Fundamental Theorem of Affine Geometry

2.5: Conics under affine transformations

Quiz 1

Week 4: 9/20-9/24

3.1: Perspective

3.2: Projective Plane

Week 5: 9/27-10/1

3.3: Projective Transformations

3.4: Using the Fundamental Theorem of Projective Geometry

Quiz 2

Week 6: 10/4-10/8

3.5: Cross-Ratio

Survey: Conics under projective transformations

Week 7: 10/11-10/15

6.1: Hyperbolic Geometry: the Disc model

Midterm 1

Week 8: 10/18-10/22

6.2: Hyperbolic Transformations

Week 9: 10/25-10/29

6.3: Distance in Hyperbolic Geometry

6.4: Geometrical Theorems

Quiz 3

Week 10: 11/1-11/5

6.5: Area

6.6: Half-Plane Model

Week 11: 11/8-11/12

7.1: Spherical Space

Midterm 2

Week 12: 11/15-11/19

7.2: Spherical Transformations

7.3: Spherical Trigonometry

Week 13: 11/22-11/26

7.4: Extended Complex Plane

Thanksgiving Recess 11/24-11/28

Week 14: 11/29-12/3

7.5: Planar Maps

8.1: Klein's View: I

Quiz 4

Week 15: 12/6-12/10

8.2: Klein's view: II

Review

Week 16: 12/13-5/17

Classes end on 12/13   Reading Days (12/14-12/15)
Exam (between 12/16-12/23)

Zoom information
Meeting ID Passcode
Lecture
Li's office hour

Homework

Homework are submitted on the Canvas websites. There will be 13 homework. Not all problems are graded. The lowest 3 scores will be dropped. Each homework count for 7 points. The total homework points is 70=7*10.

Quizzes

There will be 4 quizzes given on Thursday. See schedule for the their time. The quiz may cover any topics covered in lecture since the previous quiz. The lowest or missed one quiz score will be dropped.

Midterms

There are 2 scheduled midterm exams on Thursday The midterms are scheduled at the following dates:

Exam 1 , October 14, ()

Exam 2 , 11/11, ()

(The specific topics covered on each exam are subject to change.)

Final Exam

The final exam is (tentatively) scheduled for .

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Students who wish to request special accommodations must present a Letter of Accommodations to the instructor as early in the term as possible (see https://ods.rutgers.edu/letter-accommodation )

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