Introductory Handout

from the text Experiencing Geometry: Euclidean and Non-Euclidean With History (Third Edition, 2005) by David W. Henderson and Daina Taimina

• Chapter 0: Four Historical Strands of Geometry.
• Chapter 1: What Is Straight?.
• Chapter 2: Straightness on Spheres.
• Chapter 4 (first part): Straightness on Cylinders and Cones.

Problems assigned:

25 August, due 29 August: Problems 2.1 and 4.1a (Also, Problem 1.1, if you were not in class on 25 August)
Place homework on the door of Malott 403 before 11am.