Math 444-445:
Geometry for Teachers

John M. Lee
Padelford C-546
206-543-1735
lee@math.washington.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays, 2:30-3:30pm, Padelford C-546

Math 444 (Jun 22-Jul 22): Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:50-1:00, Condon 135 Loew 106.
Math 445 (Jul 24-Aug 21): Monday/Wednesday/Friday 10:50-1:00, Guggenheim 218.

The main text will be the following course notes. Students need to pay for the notes in advance in the Math Department Office (PDL C-138), and the notes will be handed out in class as they are written. The price will be $7.50 for the first half of the course (Math 444).

• John M. Lee, Axiomatic Geometry, course notes for Math 444/445.

In addition, you'll need to get a copy of the following high-school math textbook, which we will use briefly in Math 444:

• Harold Jacobs, Geometry: Seeing, Doing, Understanding, Bedford, Freeman, and Worth, 2003.

You'll also need to have access to the text of Book I of Euclid's Elements, translated by T. L. Heath. Here are some alternatives:

• The complete text of Euclid's Elements online, with interactive Java applets illustrating the propositions.
• All 13 books of Euclid's Elements, edited by Dana Densmore (Green Lion Press, 2002). This is an excellent edition, and I recommend purchasing it.
• Books 1 and 2 of Euclid's Elements are available in an inexpensive Dover edition. This edition is less convenient than the Green Lion one, because it's cluttered with a lot of commentary by Heath, which is not as relevant for our purposes.

Finally, you should have a reference book that explains set theory, functions, mathematical logic, and methods of mathematical proof. If you don't already own one, I recommend the following book, which is sometimes used as a textbook for Math 300:

• Peter J. Eccles, Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning, Cambridge, 1998.

The books by Jacobs, Euclid (Densmore ed.), and Eccles are available for purchase (new and used) in the U Bookstore, and are on reserve in the Math Research Library (PDL C-306).

Math 444 Final: Wednesday, July 22.
Math 445 Final: Friday, August 21.