History of Mathematics

CAS MA 505

  • Historical Consciousness

The development of mathematics from Antiquity through the 18th Century. Assuming background in modern mathematics, its roots are systematically pursued in terms of modern techniques, structures, and results. Providing the emergence of mathematical concepts and procedures, a coherent, unifying view of number, geometry, algebra, calculus, and mathematical analysis is presented. This course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Historical Consciousness.