Math 160: The History of Mathematics

SP05 Course Calendar

Prof. Ben Davis

 

The course calendar designates the days we will discuss a given reading assignment.  The assignments labeled with an `E' reference page numbers of Eves.  The assignments labeled with a `B' reference chapter numbers of Bell.  

 

Week/Date

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

1/Feb 7

Introduction

 

E6-19

B2: Zeno, Eudoxus, Archimedes

2/Feb 14

E19-27

E34-37

E38-52

 

B3: Descartes

3/Feb 21

E52-56

E68-76

E76-87

B4: Fermat

(FLT Video)

4/Feb 28

E87-92

 

E105-112

B6: Newton

5/Mar 7

E112-124

 

Midterm 1

B7: Leibniz

6/Mar 14

E135-150

 

E150-155

E164-169

B9: Euler

7/Mar 21

Spring Break

 

Spring Break

Spring Break

 

8/Mar 28

Spring Break

E379-385

(Method Video)

B10: Lagrange

9/Apr 4

Term Paper Rough Due

E169-182

E182-186

E205-210

B14: Gauss

10/Apr 11

E211-223

 

E223-237

B15: Cauchy

11/Apr 18

E251-264

 

Midterm 2

B16: Lobatchewsky

Last day for P/F/W

12/Apr 25

E264-272

 

Student Presentations

B23: Boole

13/May 2

Term Paper Final Due

E272-282

Student Presentations

B26: Riemann

14/May 9

Slack Day

 

Student Presentations

B28: Poincare

15/May 16-19

Final Exam Place, Date, Time TBA