MATH303 HISTORY OF MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS I
| Course Code: | 2360303 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Mathematics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. SERGEY FİNASHİN |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
After completing this course, the student should be familiar with:
- The main numerical notations that have been used in the world
- Egyptian and Babylonian problem solving techniques
- Canonical Greek mathematical authors (Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius) and their works
- Late Antique Greek mathematics
- Indian and Chinese mathematics
- The Graeco-Arabic translation movement
- the achievements of writers in Islamic civilizations in geometry and algebra
Course Content
Mathematics in Egypt and Mesopotamia, Ionia and Pythagoreans, paradoxes of Zeno and the heroic age. Mathematical works of Plato, Aristotle, Euclid of Alexandria, Archimedes, Appolonius and Diophantus. Mathematics in China and India.