Undergraduate Catalog

MATH 219 History of Mathematics

The study of mathematical concepts from arithmetic to calculus in their historical perspective. This study will be supplemented by historical background material, biographies of mathematicians and translations of source manuscripts in which mathematical discoveries were first announced. Attention will be given to the relationship of mathematics to other disciplines. For Mathematics majors and minors. Normally offered in Fall semester only.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

MATH 211

Offered

Fall