Geometry, Spring 2008


Instructor: B. Piper, 518-276-6892, Amos Eaton 309, piperb@rpi.edu.
Office Hours
Take Home Final Exam
Opening day handout

Tentative Schedule

project1.mws A sample Maple file that may be useful as a starting point for the first Maple project which is due March 7th. (Save it and open it in the classic worksheet version of Maple.)

exam.pdf Midterm Exam study guide. The midterm is Thursday, February 28th.

Homework

hw1.pdf Homework 1 due Monday, Feb 4th.
hw2.pdf Homework 2 due Wednesday, Feb 20th.
hw3.pdf Homework 3 due Friday, March 21st.
hw4.pdf Homework 4 due Friday, March 28th
hw5.pdf Homework 5 due Monday, April 14th.
hw6.pdf Homework 6 due Monday, April 21st.

Maple Worksheets

pwl.mws Piecewise Linear Approximation.

decasteljau.mws the DeCasteljau Algorithm.

involute.mws The Involute of a Circle.

osculate.mws Osculating circles.

tandevelop.mws Tangential Developable

farin.mws Triangular Bezier Patches

normsect2.mws Normal Curvature

meusneir.mws Meusneir's Theorem

gauss.mws Colorized Gaussian Curvature Display


Maple Usage

You should save these worksheets to your desktop or other folder. Do not open it directly as this will use a version of Maple that is much more prone to crash and execute slowly. You should use the "Classic Version" of Maple, the one with a yellow icon. This is faster, less likely to crash and this Maple file may or may not work with the other (red icon) version. The Classic Version of Maple is a different program, it is not the red-icon Maple in classic mode. To start the Classic version, click on Start --> All Programs, --> Maple and pick the "Classic" Maple with the yellow icon. From this program, open the file appropriate .mws that you saved to the desktop or other folder.