A study of selected developments in the history of mathematics and the role of mathematics in different cultures across time. The course often draws on original sources and traces the relationships among different fields within mathematics through the in-depth study of major unifying results. When used to fulfill the capstone requirement for the mathematics department, the course must be taken in the senior year.

Prerequisite: (Mathematics 321 and 375) or one of these courses and consent of instructor.

1 unit — Garcia

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Spring 2024	Block 7	History of Mathematics	Mike Siddoway	Tutt Science Building 221	25 / 15	04/23/2024
Spring 2025	Block 7	History of Mathematics	Rebecca Garcia	TBA	25 / 25	04/23/2024