University of New South Wales
History of Mathematics
this course provides an overview of the history of mathematics, in 17 lectures; meant for a broad audience, not necessarily mathematics majors. Starting with Greek mathematics, Professor N. J. Wildberger discusses Hindu, Chinese and Arabic influences on algebra; the development of coordinate geometry, calculus and mechanics; the course of geometry from projective to non-Euclidean in the 19th century; complex numbers and algebra; differential geometry; and topology. This course roughly follows John Stillwell's book 'Mathematics and its History' (Springer, 3rd ed).
Instructor
Professor N. J. Wildberger,
Mathematics
2011
Record ID
recCn6ttufQh85wMFLecture 1b - Pythagoras' Theorem (cont.)
