SMMG Home

Current Schedule

Video

Past Talks

Fun Links

Contact Information

Driving Directions and Parking

Math Department Home

Problem Solving Challenge

Introducing:  Dr. Lorenzo Sadun of the UT Math Department



A "general" curve



Dr. Sadun uses a basketball to help explain spherical geometry



Look!  A triangle whose angles sum to 290 degrees!



Dr. Sadun demonstrates a triangle on a shoebox



Students build their own surfaces of negative curvature



Dr. Sadun chats with students after the talk


 Dave Jensen - smmg@math.utexas.edu
Department of Math, UT Austin, 1 University Station C1200, Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 512-475-9138 | Fax: 512-471-9038 | Office: RLM 9.144