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| ID | 123 |
|---|---|
| First Name | Ruth |
| Last Name | Berger |
| Institution | Luther College |
| Speaker Category | faculty |
| Title of Talk | Escher's World and Green Jello World - A Concrete Introduction to Hyperbolic Geometry |
| Abstract | Understanding theorems in non-Euclidean Geometry can be challenging to people who live in a Euclidean World. Since we do live on a sphere, Elliptic geometry makes some sense, but Hyperbolic geometry completely defies all our intuition. I will present two concrete examples of Poincare's models, which in class I refer to as "Escher's World" and the "Green Jello World". Thinking about what the inhabitants of these worlds might consider to be a straight line and other geometric concepts lets students accept the fact that Hyperbolic geometry is in fact just as natural as Euclidean Geometry. |
| Subject area(s) | Geometry |
| Suitable for undergraduates? | Yes |
| Day Preference | |
| Computer Needed? | Y |
| Bringing a laptop? | N |
| Overhead Needed? | Y |
| Software requests | Cinderalla |
| Special Needs | |
| Date Submitted | 3/11/2005 |
| Year | 2005 |