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NSST-6330

Geometry: Constructions, Theory and Applications

Students will use one or more software packages to investigate the problems and explore the nature of the various geometries. Topics will be chosen from, among others, ruler and compass constructions and constructible number; history and famous problems in geometry; advanced Euclidean geometry; axiomatic approaches to geometry; transformations of the Euclidean Plane; convexity and applications. This course may not be used in any program except the M.S. in Natural Sciences. Prerequisite: NSST-4510, NSST-4310. Summer term.

3 credit hours
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