HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

Math 400 Home Page -- R. Sachs  -- SPRING 2015

Contact:

Prof. Sachs (email: rsachs@gmu.edu, phone: 993-1464)

NEW: an article on Archimedes' method and also a great web demonstration found by J. Renaud

Syllabus in html version


Current homeworks and solutions


Picture of Isaac Newton Picture of Archimedes picture of Leibniz

Newton portrait                       Archimedes portrait                        Leibniz portrait

A nice historical archive in Scotland

The History of Math Special Interest Group of MAA, Main page

Student paper winners, 2004-2014

The Math Archives links on History of Mathematics

Link to Springer books   on history of math

Link to Springer journals on history of math

Link to Archimedes (English) The Method  

Link to Cauchy's Calculus book in translation    

Link to Stillwell's  Mathematics and its history