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

A list of relevant sites

Another list of relevant sites