HOM Notes

MAT 346 - Lecture Notes - 2021

History of Mathematics Notes - Fall 2021
Dr. R. L. Herman

These are notes for a one semester course on the history of mathematics originally compiled for Fall 2020 based on Fall 2019 lectures and since undergoing revisions. For older version see Lectures from 2020.

History of Math Part 1 - Topics for Exam I (217 pgs)
History of Math Part 2 - Topics for Exam II (161 pgs)

Topic	Last Revision	Comments
Introduction	8/07/2021
Early Mathematics	8/24/2021	Babylonian Math.
Greek Mathematics I	8/31/2021
Euclid's Elements	9/02/2021
Greek Mathematics II	9/08/2021
Asian Mathematics	9/13/2021
Cubic Equation	9/22/2021
Projective Geometry	10/05/2021
Emergence of Calculus	10/21/2021
Complex Analysis	11/01/2021
Women in Mathematics	11/04/2021
Non-Euclidean Geometry and Group Theory	11/11/2021
Topology and Knot Theory	11/16/2021
Vibrating Strings, Membranes and a Spherical Turkey	11/23/2021
Mathematics in the 1900s	11/20/2021