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Offered Course List Archived Courses

Math 274 - History of Mathematics

Description

An overview of aspects in the history of mathematics from its beginning in the concrete problem solving of ancient times through the development of abstraction in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Prerequisites

MATH 140 or MATH 220.

Topics

The course considers both mathematical ideas and the context in which they developed in various civilizations around the world.