DUE Date
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Dates are subject to change and additional homework will
fill in what is listed. WORK IS DUE at the beginning of class
unless otherwise noted.
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| 9 May - Wed |
Final Project Presentations from 9-11:30 am
I have office hours Mon 1-3 and will also be available on ASULearn
messaging.
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| 3 May - Thur |
Continue working on the final project
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| 1 May - Tues |
Homework 7:
Metric forms will be assigned on a first come-first-served
topics assigned as a message on ASULearn - be sure to message me your
proposed topic (or a ranked list of a few of them) as well as your group
member's names.
Anti de Sitter: Matt and Melissa
de Sitter: Arthur
Eddington-Finkelstein metric: Joey
Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker metric: Jenna
Godel metric: Emily
Kerr metric: Ryan and Shawn
Kerr-Newman rotating charged black hole metric: Austin
Reissner-Nordstrom metric: Robb
Schwartzschild metric: Kaylee
Wormhole metric: Phillip
Alcubierre metric: Rodney
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| 26 Apr - Thur |
Begin working on homework 7. Your topic must be pre-approved on
ASULearn as a message there (Participants, find me, click on send message)
on a first-come-first-served-basis
Continue working on the final project
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| 24 Apr - Tues |
Take notes on or highlight the ASULearn homework readings:
1. How to Create Your Own Universe in Three Easy Steps
by Lawrence Brenton in Math Horizons (selections from p. 5, 6 and 9)
2. Relativity by David Brink in the Encyclopedia of Mathematics
and Society p. 123-125
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| 19 Apr - Thur |
Begin working on the homework readings for Tuesday
Continue working on the final project
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| 17 Apr - Tues |
Test 2 on Surfaces study suggestions
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| 12 Apr- Thur |
Study for test 2 and write down any questions you have.
Continue working on the final project
Look at the ASULearn message I sent you on April 3 or 4th regarding your
course average and feedback on your participation.
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| 5 Apr- Thur |
Begin working on the final project
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| 3 Apr- Tues |
Homework 6
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| 29 Mar- Thur |
Write down to turn in:
1. a final project topic idea
2. page numbers and a brief summary of the content of any
relevant pages in our differential geometry text.
Continue working on project 6.
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| 27 Mar - Tues |
Be prepared to answer some clicker questions on ASULearn
project 4 and 5 solutions,
including aspects that were in the solutions but went further than what you
were assigned.
Continue working on project 6.
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| 22 Mar - Thur |
Use class time to
read through project 5 solutions on ASULearn,
begin working on Homework 6 (numbers 1-9)
for your assigned surface and begin
thinking about a topic for the final project.
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| 20 Mar - Tues |
Homework 5 [Note that if
you previously printed out the hw, we did not get
to part k, so I have removed it from the hw].
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| 8 Mar - Thur |
Read through Project 4 solutions on ASULearn
and begin working on Homework 5.
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| 6 Mar - Tues |
Write out a proof for the Test 1 Part 3 #2 proof that you did NOT choose.
In addition, correct anything you had points taken off for. You may write
directly on the test. Turn in your test and corrections. This counts for
participation.
Bring your clicker to class
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| 1 Mar - Thur |
Homework 4
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| 28 Feb - Tues |
Begin working on homework 4
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| 23 Feb - Thur |
Read the Surfaces reading on ASULearn and take notes or print out
and highlight it - be prepared to share from the reading and
answer some related clicker questions.
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| 16 Feb - Thur |
Test 1 on Curves study suggestions
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| 14 Feb - Tues |
Study for test 1 and write down any questions you have.
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| 9 Feb - Thur |
Homework 3
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| 7 Feb - Tues |
Read 1.5 and begin working on Homework 3
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| 9 Feb - Thur |
Read 1.3 and
Watching
Flies Fly: Kappatau Space Curves by Rudy Rucker
Find as many people as you can related to the creation of the Frenet
formulas and the years of their contributions, including Bartels, Frenet,
Pagani, and Serret.
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| 31 Jan - Tues |
Homework 2
Maple Applet spacecurve.mw that calculates the
Velocity, Acceleration, Jerk, Speed, ArcLength, Curvature, and Torsion
Maple Applet TNBapplet.mw
that animates the Frenet Frame
Both of these files are by past student Nathan Crowder
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| 26 Jan - Thur |
Skim through homework 1 solutions on ASULearn (I updated it as of Tuesday
morning), including the Maple commands I used for plotting.
Continue working on homework 2
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| 24 Jan - Tues |
Read the Curves reading on
ASULearn
and section 1.1 in the book
and write down any questions you have. Be prepared to
share from and discuss the readings.
Bring your i-clicker to class
In ASULearn, click on Profile, click on Edit Profile,
and add a picture of yourself so that it is easier to get to know each
other. To
contact anyone in class, click on Participants, click on their
picture, and
click on Send message. This is the best way to contact me outside of
class and office hours.
Begin working on problems 1 and 2 of homework 2 (see the January 31 due
date).
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| 19 Jan - Thur |
Search google for Dr. Sarah, click on my page, and click on the MAT 4140
link and then read through the Syllabus link.
Homework 1: Calc 3 Review of Curves.
I am happy to help in office hours or as an ASULearn Message
[[Participants / my picture /
Send message]
You may wish to review
concepts via web pages such as:
Paul's
Online Calculus III Notes
http://math.etsu.edu/Multicalc/
or
http://omega.albany.edu:8008/calc3/toc.html
Purchase the textbook, which is available in the bookstore:
Differential Geometry and Its Applications
(Classroom Resource Materials)
The Mathematical Association of America Edition in 2007 [The
one with "The Bat" surface on the cover]
John Oprea, 469 pp., hardbound, 2007
ISBN: 978-0883857489
Rent the i-clicker from the bookstore [if you have one from the past or
another class, one suffices]
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