The aim of teaching the history of mathematics is to encourage and enable students to understand and be able to use the language, symbols, and notation of mathematics, develop mathematical curiosity, and use inductive and deductive reasoning when solving problems.

Learning Outcomes

This course gives the students the knowledge of basic mathematical and numerical notations and provides the historical background of mathematics.

Contents:

1. History of Numerations: Egyptian
2. Babylonian
3. Hindu and Arabic contributions
4. Algebra: Including the contributions of Al-Khwarizmi and Ibn Kura.
5. Geometry: the areas
6. The work of Al-Toussi on Euclid's axioms, Analysis.
7. The Calculus: Newton, Leibniz, and Gauss
8. The concept of limit
9. Laplace.

Recommended Book:

1. C. B. Boyer and U.V. Mersbach, The history of mathematics, (2ndEd. John Wiley)

Suggested Book:

1. David M. Burton, The History of Mathematics: An Introduction,( 7th Ed. McGraw-Hill, 2010)

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

Sessional: 20 (Presentation / Assignment 10, Attendance 05, Quiz 05)

Mid-Term Exam:   30

Final-Term Exam: 50

Key Dates and Time of Class Meeting

Monday                                                                                  14:30 pm-15:30 pm

Thursday                                                                                 13:00 pm-14:00 pm

Commencement of Classes                                                   January 13, 2020

Mid Term Examination                                                            March 09-13, 2020

Final Term Examination                                                          May 04-08, 2020

Declaration of Result                                                              May 19, 2020