Math 323S - Classical and Modern Geometry
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:45 - 1, Physics 227
Professor Hubert Bray, Mathematics Department, Duke University
Office Hours: Mondays, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
(Please email me if you are coming after 5:30 p.m. so that I will know not to leave early.)
Announcements
Office Hours are on Mondays, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. If you are coming
after 5:30 p.m., please let me know so that I know to wait for you and do not
leave early.
Here is a practice exam
for midterm 1, which was used by me in this class in 2008.
The best way to study for the exam is to go over old homework problems,
other book problems in the same sections, and the problems in the above
exam. I also expect you to be able to prove the major
theorems of the course if asked. So know the proofs of:
The Rule of Pythagorus
SSS, SAS, ASA
The Star Trek Lemma
Power of the Point
Medians intersect at a point
Angle Bisectors intersect at a point
Perpendicular Bisectors intersect at a point
Altitudes intersect at a point
Law of Sines
Law of Cosines
The Euler Line
The Nine Point Circle
The Simson Line
Menelaus's Theorem
Ceva's Theorem
Expect 3 of the problems to be proving a selection of the above
theorems, and the other 3 problems or so to be from the homework and
related problems.