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\centerline{MONT 108N -- Mathematics Through Time}
\centerline{Oral Presentations on Euclid's {\it Elements}}
\centerline{October 29, 2010}
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{\it General Information}
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As announced in the course syllabus, as a part of our 
reading of Book I of Euclid's {\it Elements}, you will 
be making an oral presentation to the class (together with
a classmate, or two classmates in one case -- 17 is ``unfortunately
prime(!)'') on one of the Propositions.  
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\item{1)}  You should plan to use about {\it 15 minutes} for 
your part of this, leaving a couple of minutes for questions at the end,
if possible.
\item{2)}  Your presentation should explain the statement 
of the Proposition and its proof in detail {\it in your own words -- don't
just copy the text of the Proposition and its proof}. 
In particular give the dependences on previously proved propositions
to justify each step of the proof. 
It's OK to use modernized language and concepts like 
congruence that Euclid doesn't really have in our form.   
\item{3)}  If there is some particularly interesting aspect
of the Proposition, or if the statement is a common fact
that you know from high school geometry, 
or if it relates closely to some of the 
other Propositions, you will want to mention that as well.
(The notes on David Joyce's web site are very good for this
sort of thing!)
\item{4)}  Each person in the team should give a part of the
presentation -- part of the idea of Montserrat is to start
developing your public speaking abilities in addition to your
writing.  
\item{5)}  You can give the presentation either as a ``chalk talk''
or with PowerPoint if you prefer.  If you choose PowerPoint, 
though, please make it {\it really basic}(!)  No fancy slide
transitions or audio effects, please!  (I can help out with the 
mechanics of displaying a PowerPoint presentation in Swords 209 
if you need that.)
\item{6)}  See me during office hours if you need help deciphering
the statement or proof, or if you would like to run a presentation
by me before you do ``the real thing'' in class.  
\item{7)}  I will adjust the due date of the second paper 
so that it comes after this week.  Watch for an announcement about
this.  
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{\it Schedule, Assigned Teams and Propositions}
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\item{1)}  Monday, November 8:  
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\itemitem{a)}  Lucia and Sarah -- Proposition I.33
\itemitem{b)}  Catherine and Dan -- Proposition I.34
\itemitem{c)}  Muhammad and Kyle -- Proposition I.35
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\item{2)}  Wednesday, November 10:
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\itemitem{a)}  Matt and Astrid -- Proposition I.36
\itemitem{b)}  John and Andrew -- Proposition I.37
\itemitem{c)}  Xuan, Kaitlin, Max -- Proposition I.38
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\item{3)}  Friday, November 12:
\itemitem{a)}  Tom and Kylee -- Proposition I.41
\itemitem{b)}  Kevin and Peter -- Proposition I.46
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