MAT 255 - Perspectives on the Development of Mathematics

Institution:

The College of New Jersey

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Description:

Prerequisite: Reserved for math education students The course develops a skeletal outline of the history of mathematics. Additional topics may include the history of a specific area of mathematics. Samples of topics that may be covered in the course are: ancient mathematics, the relation between Greek and Mesopotamian algebra, the growth of trigonometric ideas, the geometric solution of the cubic equations by Omar Khayyam and the algebraic solutions by Cardano, Zeno's paradox and the development of different number systems.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

09/01/2008 - 08/14/2015 

Institution Website:

www.tcnj.edu

Phone Number:

(609) 771-1855

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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