Course Description

Mathematics 319a/b Geometry I

Affine and projective planes, axioms of Pappus and Desargues, duality, non-Desarguesian planes, collineation groups, cordoned theorems, homogeneous coordinates and the fundamental theorem of projective geometry, cross ratio, applications to Euclidean geometry.

Antirequisite: Mathematics 231.

Prerequisite: Mathematics 203b or Applied Mathematics 213b.

3 lecture hours, half course.

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