Math 202

Spring 2024

• Syllabus.
• Worksheet 1: pdf, tex. Distance to the horizon.
• Some resources for getting started in TeX. Many students like Overleaf.
• A sample TeX file to help you get started: tex, pdf.
• Write-up from week 1: draft due 4/8, revision due 4/15.
• Great circle app.
• Worksheet 2: pdf, tex. Great circle distances.
• Worksheet 3: pdf, tex. Latitude and longitude, great circles continued.
• Write-up from weeks 2 and 3: draft due 4/22, revision due 4/29.
• Catalogue of map projections.
• NASA's G.Projector software for making maps in different projections. And here's an image of the earth to use with it.
• A blog post by Lior Sinai about the Mercator projection and the integral of secant.
• Worksheet 4: pdf, tex. Cylindrical map projections.
• Worksheet 5: pdf, tex. The Mercator projection.
• Write-up from weeks 4 and 5: draft due 5/6, revision due 5/13.
• Worksheet 6: pdf, tex. Azimuthal projections.
• Worksheet 7: pdf, tex. More azimuthal projections.
• Write-up from weeks 6 and 7: draft due 5/20, revision due 5/28.
• Final project: topic due 5/17.
• Worksheet 8: pdf, tex. Why there can be no perfect map.
• Worksheet 9: pdf, tex. Pythagorean triples via stereographic projection.
• Final project: outline due 5/31.
• Final project: draft due 6/7.
• Final project: finished project due 6/12.