Aspects of the History and Philosophy of Mathematics

Aspects of the History and Philosophy of Mathematics

Contents
With a focus upon the development of the concept of numbers the course treats the history of mathematics in the Middle East and Europe from 1900 B.C. to 1900 A.D.

Text-books
Helmut Gericke, Talbegrebets historie, ed. Kirsti Andersen and Kate Larsen, Aarhus 1996, plus distributed texts.

Evaluation
To pass requires active participation or passing an exam. It is possible to obtain further credits by writing an essay.

ECTS-credits
5, by writing an essay 5 ECTS-credits further.

Semester
Is offered on a regular basis.