MATH 115 Analytic Geometry (Fall 2003)

2003 - 04 Fall

MATH 115: Analytic Geometry


Let no one enter here who does not know geometry. (Inscription above Plato's academy)


Office Hours:


Mustafa Korkmaz: Tuesday 13:40 - 15:00, Thursday 13:40 - 15:00
Feza Arslan: Thursday 13:40 - 15:30
Ay�e Berkman: Monday 12:40 - 13:30, Thursday 10:40 - 11:30
Burcu Baran: Tuesday 13:40 - 15:30

Exams:


Exam 1: 4 November 2003, Tuesday 17:40 (Contents: Chapters 1 and 2, Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 (excluding line segments and half-lines), 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4)
Exam 2: 16 December 2003, Tuesday 17:40 (Contents: 3.4 (only line segments and half-lines), 3.5, 4.1-4.7, 5.5-5.7 (inclusive))
Final: 9 January 2004, Friday 13:00 (Contents: All of the above and 8.1-8.3.)


Grading:


Exam 1 - 30 points
Exam 2 - 30 points
Final - 40 points
Homeworks - 10 points

Outline of the course:

Weeks Topics Sections
1 Cartesian Coordinates 1.5; 2.1, 2.7, 2.2
2 Trigonometry 2.2; 2.4
3 Polar Coordinates 2.5; 2.5
4 Directed Segments and Vectors 2.6; 3.1, 5.1
5 Algebra of Vectors, Scalar Product 3.2, 5.2, 3.3; 5.3
6 Cross Product, Lines, Distance 5.4; 3.4, 3.5
7 Lines in 3-space Exam I, 5.5
8 Planes� 5.6, 5.7; 4.1
9 Conic Sections 4.2, 4.3; 4.4
10 HOLIDAY  
11 Hyperbola 4.5; 4.6
12 Quadratic Equations, Spheres, Cylinders 4.7; 8.1
13 Surfaces of Revolution Exam II, 8.2
14 Canonical Equations of the Quadric Surfaces 8.2;8.3
15 Review


Last updated on 5 January 2004.