Welcome to the MTHU201, History of Math

Spring, 2010 Homepage!

Answers to the Midterm

Syllabus: pdf  htm   

Announcements

Timeline: (pdf)

Web references

Pythagorean Theorem: pdf  html

Construction Assignment: pdf  html

Square root of 2 is Irrational:  pdf  html

Misleading rectangle dissection (pdf)

Infinitude of primes: pdf  html

The Method of Differences (pdf)

Vatican vs. Galileo (pdf)

Latitude and Declination pdf  html

Newton’s Laws: pdf  html

Star coordinates

Godel: pdf  html

Fibonacci-Newton problem set: pdf  html

Link to math column in NY Times

Possible Second Paper Topics (pdf)

History of Math Symbols (Gallant)

Final Exam study outline

 


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