Readings

All readings given as chapters or parts of chapters are taken from the textbook History of Mathematics: Brief Version by Victor J. Katz.

Week of
Readings
29 August
Chapter 1, Chapter 2.1-2.2.3
5 September
Chapter 2.2.4-2.2.6, Chapter 3
12 September
Chapter 4, Chapter 5
19 September
Chapter 6, Chapter 7.1-3
26 September
Chapter 7.4-7.6, Chapter 8
3 October
Chapter 9
10 October
Chapter10, Chapter 11.1-2
17 October
Chapter 11.3-5, Chapter 12.1-2
24 October
Chapter 12.3-4, 13
31 October
Chapter 14, Chapter 15
7 November
Chapter 16, Chapter 17.1
14 November
Chapter 17.2-4, Chapter 18
21 November
Chapter 19, Chapter 20
28 November

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    Homework

  The homework problems are in the textbook unless otherwise specified.

Homework
Problems
Reading
Due Date
1
2,8,9,12,14,18,24,28
1,3(induction),9, 11(equivalent means if and only if so you need 2 proofs)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
7 September
2
8,18,20,25
8,17,28,38,41
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
14 September
3
2,6,14,17
6,10,15, 20, 25
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
21 September
4
4,12,14,18,22,28
2a,4,8,17
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
28 September
5
18,20,26
2,6,8,16,22
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
5 October
6
14,18,21 (a is not an integer),28,30,36
Book Report due
Chapter 9
Your book
12 October
7
4,5,11,12,16,22,24
2,8,10
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
19 October
8
20,25,33,34,36
8,10,12,15
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
26 October
9
22,28,30,31,32
4,8,12,16
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
2 November
10
2,3,6,12,13
2,5,8,9
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
9 November
11
2,6,14,25,26,32
2,5,6,8
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
16 November
12
13,17,22,23
2,5,7,8
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
23 November
13
5
2,4,8,14
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
30 November
14

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6 December
  Term paper Your topic
9 December
  Final exam - none scheduled    

Question for Homework 14: Based on the reading, what is your opinion - traditional or reform or ???? - and why. Your answer should include sufficient information from the reading (e.g., I agree (or disagree) with ... because, or X makes a good point when he says Y but I think ...) so that I know you have read the articles and thought about them. Your answer should be as long as you need it to be but I doubt you can answer the question sufficiently in under one double-spaced page.