final project
in lieu of a final exam, you will complete a final project. here are details of the project.
- part i: 4-6 page paper (double-spaced)
- part ii: 10-15 minute computer presentation on your topic (camscanner / latex / powerpoint)
- you may talk to anyone about the paper but the writing must be your own.
- deadline to submit topic & annotated bibliography: april 1
(a list of sources (at least two), with descriptions of why you're using them) - deadline to submit final paper: may 1
- the final paper will be worth 100 points. grading will be based as follows:
- 5 points : submitted paper topic on time
- 5 points : submitted annotated bibliogrphy on time
- 25 points: paper exposition
- 25 points: paper content
- 40 points: presentation quality
you may propose your own project or choose one of the following.
- any project listed in greenberg (after the major exercises)
- constructions in software (desmos / sketchpad)
- constructions on paper (present with camscanner)
- bezier curves
- curvature
- geometry and groups
- friez groups, wallpaper groups and tessellations
- projective geometry
- spherical geometry
- fractal geometry
- geometric algorithms [for example]
- differential geometry
- computational geometry
- non-euclidean art [for example]