Mathematics Colloquium
Nov 9, 2009, 4:45 PMPrice 203
Roger Nelsen of Lewis and Clark College will speak on "The Enchantment of the Equilateral Triangle". Join us at 4:30 for refreshments in Price 201.
"Equilateral triangles lie at the heart of plane geometry. In fact Euclid’s first proposition—-Proposition 1 in Book I of the Elements—-reads: "To construct an equilateral triangle on a given finite straight line." Equilateral triangles continue to fascinate professional and amateur mathematicians. Many little-known theorems about equilateral triangles are striking in their beauty and simplicity. Mathematicians strive to find beautiful proofs for beautiful theorems. In this talk I’ll present a small selection of these little-known theorems about equilateral triangles and their lovely proofs."
- Roger Nelsen
Posted by Michael Boardman (boardman@pacificu.edu) on Nov 6, 2009 at 7:23 AM
Edited by Alana Kansaku-Sarmiento (kans2166@pacificu.edu) on Nov 6, 2009 at 1:26 PM
