| Date | # | Topics | Quizzes and Assignments Due Dates | Presentations |
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| M 1/22 | 1 | Beginnings of mathematics, info about the course | ||
| W 1/24 | 2 | Beginnings of mathematics, info about the course | HW0 Due Optional Reading: On the origin of numbers |
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| M 1/29 | No class | |||
| W 1/31 | 3 | Beginnings of mathematics /Number systems | Reading: Number systems | |
| M 2/05 | 4 | Number systems | HW1 due (Sources, beginnings) | |
| W 2/07 | 5 | Mathematics in Ancient Egypt | Reading : These notes from the beginning until Question 2 in Section 1.1.2. (Of course you are welcome to read them all...) | |
| M 2/12 | 6 | Mathematics in Ancient Egypt | HW2 due (Number systems) | |
| W 2/14 | 7 | Mathematics in Ancient Egypt /Mesopotamia | Reading: This text from the beginning to Section 1.5 Plimpton 322 (as usual, you are encouraged to read it all.) | |
| M 2/19 | 8 | Mathematics in Ancient Mesopotamia | Quiz 1 about Number systems | |
| W 2/21 | 9 | Mathematics in Ancient Mesopotamia | This text about Mayan mathematics. | |
| M 2/26 | 10 | Inca and Mayan Mathematics | HW3 due (Egypt and Mesopotamia) | |
| W 2/28 | 11 | The earliest Hellenic mathematics | Annotated bibliography due (see here.) Reading: The first two pages of this paper. |
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| M 3/04 | The earliest Hellenic mathematics | Abstract and outline of the paper due | ||
| W 3/06 | 12 | The earliest Hellenic mathematics | Quiz 2 about Mathematics in Egypt | |
| M 3/11 | 13 | No Class (spring break) | ||
| W 3/13 | 14 | No class (spring break) | ||
| M 3/18 | 15 | Hellenic mathematics: Euclid's Elements - Axiom Systems | Reading: This article about the diagrams on Euclid's Elements. | Quiz 3 about Mathematics in Mesopotamia |
| W 3/20 | 16 | Hellenic mathematics: Euclid's Elements - Axiom Systems | Baby Draft of paper (500 words) | |
| M 3/25 | 17 | Hellenic mathematics: Archimedes | HW4 due (Euclid's Elements) | |
| W 3/27 | 18 | Hellenic mathematics: Apollonius, Erathostenes, Ptolemy, Diophantus | ||
| M 4/01 | 19 | Ancient and Medieval Chinese Mathematics | Quiz 4 about Euclid's Elements. Draft of paper (1000 words) |
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| W 4/03 | 20 | Ancient and Medieval Chinese Mathematics | ||
| M 4/08 | 21 | Ancient and Medieval Indian Mathematics | HW5 due | |
| W 4/10 | 22 | Medieval Indian Mathematics | ||
| M 4/15 | 23 | Mathematics in the Islamic World | Paper due | |
| W 4/17 | Mathematics of the Islamic World | |||
| M 4/22 | 24 | Mathematics in the Renaissance | HW6 due Review | |
| W 4/24 | 25 | Mathematics in the Renaissance | ||
| M 4/29 | 26 | Calculus | Quiz 5: Review | |
| W 5/01 | 27 | Selected topics | ||
| M 5/06 | 28 | Review |