MAT 336 History of Mathematics Fall 2006

Index Course Description Syllabus Homework Schedule of Presentations

Suggested Homework

Numbers refer to Burton, The History of Mathematics, 6th Edition.

Week of	Section	Exercises
9/6	1.3	1-5, 13, 14
9/11	2.5	1, 2, 4, 9, 11
	2.6	2, 8
9/18	2.3	2, 3, 6-9, 16, 19
9/25	3.3	1, 5, 8, 17
	4.2	11, 12
10/2	4.3	15, 16
	4.5	1, 2, 4, 5
10/96	5.3	13, 14, 16
	5.5	1, 2, 4, 6, 16
10/16	6.2	1, 2, 4, 8, 13 (explain why this is not a straight-edge and compass construction)
	7.3	3ab, 5, 8, 9, 16
10/23	8.1	1, 12, 13
	8.2	1, 2, 6, 7
10/30	8.3	1, 3, 4
	8.4	1, 4, 5
11/6	9.2	1ac, 2, 3c, 9, 10bc
	9.3	1, 4a, 7, 14, 15
11/13	10.2	2, 4, 11
	10.3	4, 6, 8, 12, 13
11/20	11.3	1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9 and exercises from Notes on spherical trigonometry
11/27	11.4	1, 2ad, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13
12/5	12.2	1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13
	12.3	1, 5 7, 8