CSC 5800,Computational Geometry (Fall 2008)

Syllabus

automatically updated on 17 August 2008

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Instructor

Dr. Ellen Gethner
Email: egethner@carbon.cudenver.edu
Office: North Classroom 2604-A3
Phone: (303) 556 2358
Office hours: 6:45-8:45pm Tues., Thurs. and 2:30-3:30pm Tues (and by appointment)

Class Time and Room

Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:00-5:15pm, North Classroom 1607

Textbook

Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications, Third Edition (March 2008) by Mark de Berg, Otfried Cheong, Marc van Kreveld, Mark Overmars (published by Springer-Verlag)

Prerequisites

None

Course Objective

Grading Policy

Schedule (subject to change)
Week # Date Topic Reading/Comments Assignments
Week 1 August 12 and 14 Overview of Computational Geometry; Introduction to Mathematica
Week 2 August 19 and 21 Convex Hull Problem
Null August 26 and 28 Campus Closed this Week: No classes Have fun!
Week 3 Sep. 2 and 4
Week 4 Sep. 9 and 11
Week 5 Sep. 16 and 18
Week 6 Sep. 23 and 25
Week 7 Sept. 30 and Oct. 2
Week 8 Oct. 7 and 9
Week 9 Oct. 14 and 16
Week 10 Oct. 21 and 23
Week 11 Oct. 28 and 30
Week 12 Nov. 4 and 6
Week 13 Nov. 11 and 13
Week 13 Nov. 11 and 13
Week 14 Nov. 18 and 20 Project Presentations
Null Nov. 24-30 Fall Break; No classes Happy Thanksgiving!
Week 15 Dec. 2 and 4 Project Presentations
Week 16: FINALS WEEK Project presentations if needed.