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MTH 441 - Historical Perspectives in Mathematics - Course Links - Spring 2013
General Links Syllabus Moodle Useful References Our Seven-Day Week Who are these famous women mathematicians? Woman 1 Woman 2
Notes and Assignments Reading and HW Assignments Eqypt and Mesopotamia Ancient Greek Maths Decline and Revival Rigorous Calculus What is (the) Calculus? The Newton-Leibniz Controversy Augustin-Louis Cauchy Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Fundamental Theorem Worksheet
Final Project Guide for Writing Mathematics A Bad Example Final Project Topic Selection Guidelines for Final Paper
Old Exams Midterm for Fall 2007 Final for Fall 2007 First Exam for Fall 2005 Second Exam for Fall 2005 Third Exam for Fall 2005 Final Exam for Winter 2010
Student Lessons from 2010 Indian Love Affair with Number - Lindsey Smith Amerindians - Meagan Fairchild Ancient Egypt - Stephanie Storer The Language of Numbers - Mike Koscielny Ancient Greece - Jessica Howard Worksheet Ancient China - Chris Black Francis Bacon - Spike Rossi Mayan Civilization - Sarah Frantz Ancient Israel - Jason Polomchak
Student Lessons from 2011 Chapter 2 (Amerindians) - Amy Varner Chapter 11 (Bacon) - Amy Varner Chapter 16 (Machines who Think) - Amy Varner Chapter 3 (Mesopotamia) - Melvin Wireman Chapter 7 (Ancient Israel) - Melvin Wireman Chapter 9 (The Maya) - Melvin Wireman Chapter 4 (Egypt) - Annie Reynolds Chapter 6 (Greeks) - Annie Reynolds Chapter 10 (Medieval Muslims) - Annie Reynolds Chapter 5 (China) - Matt Bugajski Chapter 18 (The Nature of Scientific Change) - Matt Bugajski Chapter 1 (The Language of Number) - Jordan Stevens Chapter 8 (India) - Jordan Stevens Chapter 8 (Boole) - Jordan Stevens
Final Projects 2011 Amy V. - Philosophy of Mathematics Jordan S. - Pascal's Triangle Matt B. - Mathematics in Baseball Melvin W. - Pythagorean Theorem
Former Final Projects Samples of Final Presentations from Fall 2005 Presentation on M.C. Escher from Fall 2007 Jason P. (2010) - Special Relativity Stephanie S. (2010) - Game Theory Jessica H. (2010) - Chaos Theory Chris B. (2010) - Least Squares Problems Spike R. (2010) - Mathematics of the Craps Game Cameron E. (2010) - The Golden Ratio Mike K. (2010) - Graph Theory: The Four Colour Problem Lindsey S. (2010) - Blackjack and Card Counting Meagan F. (2010) - The Rubik's Cube