~~NOTOC~~ ====== MATH-608: History of Mathematics ====== Time line
===== Course contents ===== History of Numerations: Egyptian, Babylonian, Hindu and Arabic contributions. Algebra: Including the contributions of Al-Khwarzmi and Ibn Kura. Geometry: the areas, the work of Al-Toussi on Euclud’s axioms, Analysis. The Calculus: Newton, Leibniz and Gauss, The concept of limit, Laplace. * [[:atiq:math-608:what is mathematics]] * [[https://www.mediafire.com/file/s3phxxdcyaceklq/Why-study-Mathematics.docx|Why study mathematics]] * [[https://www.mediafire.com/file/kromrb1ece69clb/History-of-Mathematics-BC.docx|History of Mathematics: BC]] * [[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/Babylonian_mathematics.html|An overview of Babylonian mathematics]] ===== Possible questions ===== - What are the possible way to define mathematics. - Why study mathematics and give examples to show it importance in our life. - Is there any relation between mathematics and calculation. - Do you agreed that "imagination of mathematician leads to the strange and inapplicable theories"? - Give the breif review of developement of mathematics from history. ===== Recommended book ===== - C. B. Boyer, A History of Mathematics, 2nd Edition. New York: John Wiley, 1991. - David M. Burton, The History of Mathematics: An Introduction, 7th Ed. McGraw-Hill, 2010. ===== Online contents (very helpful) ===== * http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Chronology/30000BC_500BC.html * [[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/HistTopics/History_overview.html|An overview of the history of mathematics]] NEW * [[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk|The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive]] NEW * [[http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~mas010/imahob95.html|Why study Mathematics]] * [[http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~mas010/methmat.html|The Methodology of Mathematics]] * http://www.jimloy.com/logic/russell.htm * http://www.famousscientists.org/muhammad-ibn-musa-al-khwarizmi/ NEW