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College of Staten Island
Course Prefix: MTH Course Number: 306          Check Availability
Course Title: History of Mathematical Thought
Subject: Mathematics
Minimum Credits: 4.0 Maximum Credits: 4.0Hours per week: 4.0

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics. The Greek achievement: Eudoxus, Euclid, Archimedes and Apollonius; mathematics of the Hindus, Muslims and Chinese. The medieval period in Europe. Algebra in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The creation of the calculus. Selected developments in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Prerequisite: MTH 233 or MTH 236.