Geometry Links

Explorations in Geometry Contains materials related to the Explorations in Geometry course taught at The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics..

Fractal Pictures and Animations: an assortment of Fractal images, some with explanations.

Frieze Patterns:
Visit this site for examples and explanations of the seven types of frieze patterns. The Border Pattern Gallery is another site on the same subject.

Gallery of Mathematical Surfaces: 
View pictures of klein bottles, projective planes, and more, with brief explanations.

Geometry Center:
Look here for course materials, tiling software, and lots more.

Geometry Facts and Formulas:
Here is an online reference excerpted  the 30th Edition of the CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulas.

Geometry and the Imagination: 
Course notes are provided here. Check out the bicycle tracks problem for starters.

Mandelbrot Explorer:
This interactive page lets you explore the Mandelbrot set by zooming in and out or setting the drawing window.

NonEuclid:
This site includes an interactive program that lets you draw lines on the hyperbolic plane (the Poincare model). Information and references on non-Euclidean geometry are also provided.

Penrose Tiler:
This applet lets you create and investigate Penrose Tilings.

Symmetry and the Shape of Space:
This rich collection of course notes is from a class by the same name.

Wallpaper Patterns:
View examples and explanations of wallpaper patterns.