Math 494.594 Final Project Process
Fall Term 2010

Final Project Due Dates Timeline

First: Research a variety of topics chosen from the following list. Pick THREE topics that interest you. Order them; 1, 2 and 3. List them on a piece of paper, add your name to the paper and bring the paper to class on Wednesday, Week 4, 10/20.

Second: During or shortly after class on Wednesday, Week 4, 10/20, you will be assigned one topic (undergraduate) or two topics (graduate). These assignments will be posted below.

Third: By Monday, Week 6, 11/1, follow item 1--undergraduate or item 1--graduate in the MATH 494.594 FINAL PROJECT directions in your course pack and email Laurie resource references. Approval for these resources (or a request for different resources) will be promptly returned to you by email.

Fourth: By Wednesday, Week 7, 11/10, follow item 2--undergraduate or item 2--graduate in the MATH 494.594 FINAL PROJECT directions in your course pack, and email Laurie a draft of your final project paper (two papers for graduate).

Fifth: Revise your paper(s) as needed once the draft is returned with comments.

Sixth: Follow item 3--undergraduate or item 3--graduate in the MATH 494.594 FINAL PROJECT directions in your course pack, and prepare a presentation for class. The final project presentation schedule will be posted towards the end of the term.

 

Number
Topic Student Links
1.

Apollonian Gasket

   
2.

Archimedean solids

   
3.

Bucky Balls

   
4.

Businesscardahedra

   
5.

Ceva’s Theorem

   
6.

Curlicue Fractal

   
7.

Delta Blocks

   
8.

Dual Tessellation

   
9.

Duals of the Platonic Solids

   
10.

Escher Sphere

   
11.

Euclid ’s Elements

   
12.

Fair Dice

   
13.

Flexagons

   
14.

Fractals

   
15.

Frieze Patterns

   
16.

Heron’s Formula

   
17.

History of Euclid

   
18.

History of Pi

   
19.

History of Pythagoras

   
20..

Klein Bottle

   
21.

Knot Theory

   
22.

Koch’s Snowflake

   
23.

M.C. Escher

   
24.

Möbius strip

   
25.

Nine-Point Circle

   
26.

Origami

   
27.

Penrose Tiles

   
28.

Pick’s Theorem

   
29.

Sierpinski’s Tetrahedron

   
30.

Sierpinski’s Triangle (Gadget)

   
31.

Soap film geometry (bubbles, double bubbles)

   
32.

Soma Cubes

   
33.

Taxicab Geometry

   
34.

The Golden Ratio

   
35.

The Wheel of Theodorus

   
36.

Torus