College of Chemistry Course Guide

MATH 130 - The Classical Geometries (4 Units)

(Taken from the UC Berkeley Course Guide)

Course Overview

Summary

A critical examination of Euclid's Elements; ruler and compass constructions; connections with Galois theory; Hilbert's axioms for geometry, theory of areas, introduction of coordinates, non-Euclidean geometry, regular solids, projective geometry.

Prerequisites

MATH 110 and MATH 113

Workload

Time Commitment

3 hours of lecture per week




UC Berkeley Course Guide