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Spring 2020
Apr 20,2024 |
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| MATH 441 - HISTORY OF MATH |
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This course will emphasize the beauty of mathematical ideas and their historical development. The course will survey mathematics starting with the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks through the rise of Islamic mathematics and up to the present time. Topics will be chosen to represent the important fields of mathematics (e.g., algebra, analysis, geometry, and number theory) and to represent the greatest thinkers (e.g., Euclid, Fermat, Euler, Leibniz, Newton, Gauss, Cauchy, and Riemann). This is a capstone math course, required of all math majors.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Online Course Mathematics Department Course Attributes: TS-Sch Core- SCP Category, WRITING INTENSIVE Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate Prerequisites: FOR MATH 441 General Requirements: ( Course or Test: MATH 416 Minimum Grade of D May be taken concurrently. and Course or Test: MATH 432 Minimum Grade of D May be taken concurrently. ) |
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