UCSD Mathematics : Math History

History of Mathematics Papers

The following papers are the work of undergraduate students in Math 163 (History of Mathematics). Students in this class are both Math and non-Math majors interested in the historical developments of mathematics and science. All work is posted with the consent of the authors.

Ancient Chinese Mathematics
By Teresa Gonczy
Berkeley's Attack on the Infinitesimal
By Mark Monti
Diophantus and Fermat's Last Theorem
By Johannes Reitzenstein
Euclid of Alexandria
By James Ferris
Hilbert's Second Problem: Foundations of Arithmetic
By Steven Pon
Mathematical Games and Puzzles
By John Dale Hudson
Maya Mathematics and Science
By Angelica Arellano
Rene Descartes' La Geometrie
By Katherine Minakov

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