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MATH108 PZ - History of Mathematics

Credit(s): 3

Grabiner (Pitzer). A survey of the history of mathematics from antiquity to the present. Topics emphasized will include: the development of the idea of proof, the “analytic method” of algebra, the invention of the calculus, the psychology of mathematical discovery, and the interactions between mathematics and philosophy. (Alternate years)

Prerequisite(s): MATH030B HM  or MATH030G HM