History of Mathematics

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Course Code: 
10211351
Course Outline: 

  This course covers mathematical development as science; early numeral systems such as Babylonians, Egyptians and Greek; the three problems of antiquities: duplicating a cube, quad rating of a circle and trisecting an angle; Alexandria 1st and 2nd schools, Hindu and Arab mathematics; European mathematics before and after the 17th century; analytic geometry and related concepts; development before calculus and transition to the 20th century.