History of Math
Spring
2005
640:436
The papers posted on this
website were written as part of Math 436 in the Spring 2005. We have
posted them in case they are of use to future or practicing mathematics
teachers, or even to students for that matter!
High
School Mathematics
• History of Trigonometry by
Tara Adamek, Kaitlyn Penkalski, and Gina Valentine
Undergraduate
Topics
• The Kernel by Vincent
Mateescu
• History
of Integration by Saul Forresta and Larry Goldman
• History
of numbers by Dan Freidenreich and Stephanie Yates
• History of
number theory by Justin Lai and Pete Cartwright
Links
We found the following sites useful in
doing our research
MacTutor History of
Mathematics Archive
Another list of
relevant sites