Mathematics 270ss - Topics in Geometry-The Shape of Space
T in Geometry-Shape of Space
Spring
2022
01
4.00
Patricia Renate Cahn
M W F 10:50 AM - 12:05 PM
Smith College
MTH-270ss-01-202203
Burton 302
pcahn@smith.edu
This is a course in intuitive geometry and topology, with an emphasis on hands-on exploration and developing the visual imagination. Topics may include knots, geometry and topology of surfaces and the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem, symmetries, wallpaper patterns in Euclidean, spherical and hyperbolic geometries, and an introduction to 3-dimensional manifolds. Prerequisites: MTH 211 and 212 or permission of the instructor.