Overview
MATH3511 is a Mathematics Level III course.
Units of credit: 6
Prerequisites: 12 Units of credit in Level 2 Math courses
Cycle of offering: Term 3
Graduate attributes: The course will enhance your research, inquiry and analytical thinking abilities.
More information: The course ouline contains information about course objectives, assessment, course materials and the syllabus.
Important additional information as of 2023
UNSW Plagiarism Policy
The University requires all students to be aware of its policy on plagiarism.
For courses convened by the School of Mathematics and Statistics no assistance using generative AI software is allowed unless specifically referred to in the individual assessment tasks.
If its use is detected in the no assistance case, it will be regarded as serious academic misconduct and subject to the standard penalties, which may include 00FL, suspension and exclusion.
The Online Handbook entry contains information about the course. (The timetable is only up-to-date if the course is being offered this year.)
If you are currently enrolled in MATH3511, you can log into UNSW Moodle for this course.
Course aims
The principal aim is to develop a working knowledge of some of the deeper aspects of Euclidean geometry, with an understanding of how groups of transformations cast light on the basic mathematical property of symmetry.
It builds on material in earlier years on geometry and linear algebra, combining these areas in understanding Euclidean and projective geometry and geometrical symmetry. Although it has applications in other areas, especially physics and computer graphics, its main aim is pure understanding of geometry and abstract algebra.
Maple is useful occasionally to calculate with examples but is not a principal part of the course. Students are also encouraged to use the freewarre program Geogebra for geometric diagrams.
Course description
Euclidean geometry, geometry of triangles, transformations, groups, symmetries, projective geometry.
Note: Offered in odd numbered years only.