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.
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Topic | Student | Links |
1. |
Apollonian Gasket |
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2. |
Archimedean solids |
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4. |
Businesscardahedra |
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5. |
Ceva’s Theorem |
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7. |
Delta Blocks |
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8. |
Dual Tessellation |
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9. |
Duals of the Platonic Solids |
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10. |
Escher Sphere |
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11. |
Euclid ’s Elements |
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12. |
Fair Dice |
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13. |
Flexagons |
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14. |
Fractals |
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15. |
Frieze Patterns |
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16. |
Heron’s Formula |
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17. |
History of Euclid |
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18. |
History of Pi |
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19. |
History of Pythagoras |
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20.. |
Klein Bottle |
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21. |
Knot Theory |
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22. |
Koch’s Snowflake |
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23. |
M.C. Escher |
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25. |
Nine-Point Circle |
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26. |
Origami |
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27. |
Penrose Tiles |
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28. |
Pick’s Theorem |
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29. |
Sierpinski’s Tetrahedron |
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30. |
Sierpinski’s Triangle (Gadget) |
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31. |
Soap film geometry (bubbles, double bubbles) |
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32. |
Soma Cubes |
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33. |
Taxicab Geometry |
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34. |
The Golden Ratio |
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35. |
The Wheel of Theodorus |
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36. |
Torus |