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PMath 360, Introduction to Geometry
Spring term, 2013
Announcements

(In reverse chronological order. The most recent at the top.)
Comment on the final exam
Watch this space for a comment about the exam.
Posted: 2013-08-13
Extra Office Hours
Professor Dickey will hold office hours on Wednesday, August 7th from 1 to 4, and on Thursday, August 8th from 2 to 4, prior to the Q&A sessions. Other times may be negotiated...
Posted: 2013-08-06
Correction: Q&A session in MC 2054
Correction: Two Q & A sessions Question and answer sessions will be held August 7th and 8th in room MC 2054 at 16:00. Come prepared to ask question about the course.
Posted: 2013-07-26
Revised: 2013-07-30
Stereographic Projection and 3D Inversion
A note about Stereographic projection from the North Pole. Click on "Notes" in the header above.
Posted: 2013-07-25
Collinear Points
A note about collinear points has been added to "Notes".
Posted: 2013-07-16
Hints for Sets 8 and 9 See Notes (menu bar above) for more.
Posted: 2013-07-11
Set 8 postponed until July 12th
To get back on schedule, both Sets 8 and 9 will be due on July 12.
Posted: 2013-07-03
Set 7
Set 7 will be due on Friday the 21st (correction 28th), two days after the mid-term. For that reason, the assignment will be split into two parts, 7a, due on the 28th, and 7b, due the week following, along with set 8.
Posted: 2013-06-19
The Final Esam
The final exam date has been announced by the registrar to be Monday, 2013-08-12 at 19:30 in PAC 8 (that is the Physical Activities Complex, section 8).
Posted: 2013-06-19
Midterm
As announced in class on May 10th and 12th, the Mid-Term test has been scheduled for Wednesday, 2013-06-26, in two seatings: 3:30-4:20 and 4:30 to 5:20, according to your scheduled lab time. The exam will be administered in MC 4021.
Posted: 2013-06-17
Updated: 2013-06-19
Midterm
There will be one, probably mid-june
Last update: 2013-05-08
Final Exam Date
We do not yet know the date for the final exam.  It is strongly recommended that you not book any travel for yourself during the examination interval.  For example, in the past, there have been delays in the examination schedule caused by weather events, and of course these things are beyond the control of the University.   Some slack has been built into the schedule at the end of the interval to compensate for such things. 

Any travel you book for yourself during the term may have academic consequences if you are not able to fulfill your course obligations. That applies to students who make a late arrival and miss lectures and assignments at the beginning of the term, as well as examinations, lectures, or assignments in the middle or the end of term.
Capturing GeoGebra images
It is possible to export GeoGebra figures to be included in a report or other document. Look under the menu item "File", and select "Export". Various formats are avialable,
  1. ".pdf" (Portable Document Format) my current favourite,
  2. ".svg" (Scaled Vector Graphics). like PDF, it scales well,
  3. ".html" (HyperText Markup Language) (yes, a web page!);
  4. ".png" (Portable Network Graphic) my favourte pixelated format
  5. ".eps" (Encapsulaed Post Script) and
  6. ".emf" (enhanced MetaFile).
Some people have captured "screen shots" with mixed success.
Course Software
The software for this course is GeoGebra. GeoGebra is recommended. There has been some talk about a tablet version in the works.

If you wish to use GeoGebra on your personal machine, it is available for free download from  geogebra.org. Another excellent program is Cabri II Plus. Look for it at www.cabri.com downloads.

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