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History Of Mathematics

Instructor:
Serge Ochanine
330
Credits:
3.0
001
Building:
Whitehall Classroom Bldg
Room:
Rm.201
Semester:
Fall 2022
Start Date:
End Date:
Name:
History Of Mathematics
Requisites:

Prereq: MA 114.

Class Type:
LEC
1:00 pm
1:50 pm
Days:
MWF

A survey of the development of mathematics. Topics may include: the Egyptians and Babylonians, mathematics of the Greek Classical Age, Euclid and the Alexandrian School, the Renaissance, Fermat and the beginning of calculus, the work of Newton and Leibnitz, nineteenth century geometry, analysis and set theory.

A survey of the development of mathematics. Topics may include: the Egyptians and Babylonians, mathematics of the Greek Classical Age, Euclid and the Alexandrian School, the Renaissance, Fermat and the beginning of calculus, the work of Newton and Leibnitz, nineteenth century geometry, analysis and set theory.

MA