Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
MAT/03 (GEOMETRY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS "FELICE CASORATI"
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (01/10/2020 - 20/01/2021)
Lesson hours
32 lesson hours
Prerequisites
No particular prerequisites
Learning outcomes
Provide the students with the basic notions on the history of ancient mathematical thought, with special reference to Greek mathematics
Course contents
During the course, we will propose an overview of the development of mathematics from the Egyptians to the Babilonians, up to the Late antiquity,
Teaching methods
Lectures and exercises in a classroom
Reccomended or required readings
Heath, Thomas Little. A history of Greek mathematics. Vol.
1-2. Clarendon, 1921
- Thomas, Ivor. Greek Mathematical Works: Volume I,
Thales to Euclid.(Loeb Classical Library No. 335). 1939.
- Thomas, Ivor. "Selections illustrating the history of Greek
mathematics. Vol. II. From Aristarchus to Pappus, volume 2, Loeb Classical Library.
- Notes provided by the instructors
Assessment methods
Oral exam
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