MATH 682History of Mathematics I: Antiquity
- Units
- 0.50
- Level
- Graduate
- Faculty
- Mathematics
- Subject
- Mathematics
MATH 682 as listed in the Winter 2026 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.
This course examines the history of mathematics through the prism of a particular person working on a particular problem in a particular geographical and temporal place. Topics may include: Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics, Chinese mathematics, mesoamerican mathematics, Euclid and the Delian Problem; Archimedes and an estimate of Pi; Apollonius and conic sections; Al Khwarizmi and Islamic mathematics; and the transmission of works of antiquity to Europe.
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