Lecture 13

Applications of Geometry

  1. Maps [Maple]
  2. Mathematics of Map Projections [Maple]
  3. Map Distortion [Maple]
  4. Computing Geodesics
  5. Geodesics on a Cone [PDF]
  6. Geodesics on a Cone [Maple Worksheet]
  7. Geodesic Slide Show
  8. Geodesics [MathWorld]
Geodesics are related to the Calculus of Variations
[Additional material can be found in Chapter 11 of Boas&Geller].