Math 5400, History of Mathematics

 

Below are links to the overhead slides I used in the lectures I gave in class:

 

·        Sept 11 The introductory lecture This is a Word document

·        Sept 18 Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics This is a PowerPoint presentation

·        Sept 25 Euclid also a PowerPoint presentation

·        Feb 12 – Apr 2 The History of Probability. This PowerPoint presentation is my running commentary on the book The Emergence of Probability.