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Prerequisite:
CORE Social or Political History (SH) Course.
Prerequisite: MATH140 or MATH220.
Course Description:
An overview of aspects in the history of mathematics from its
beginning in the concrete problem solving of ancient times through the
development of abstraction in the 19th and 20th centuries. The course
considers both mathematical ideas and the context in which they
developed in various civilizations around the world. MATH 274 cannot
satisfy a CMSC major requirement.
Victor J. Katz, A History of Mathematics, an Introduction, second edition
Addison-Wesley, 1998. ISBN: 0-321-01618-1.
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Reference Book:
Dirk J. Struik, Concise History of Mathematics, 4th edition, Dover, 1987, ISBN: 0486602559
William P. Berlinghoff, and Fernando Q. Gouvea,
Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others,
Oxton House Pub, 2002, ISBN: 1881929213