We have two professors specializing in the History of Mathematics: Dr. Tom Archibald who specializes in mathematics since the 17th century, and Dr. Len Berggren, who focuses on ancient and medieval ...

I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years I noticed that students were always interested in the history of mathematics. When you teach linear algebra or calculus, it’s important ...

THE two volumes of this history (the first of which was noticed in NATURE of November 15, 1924) deal with the subject from two different aspects. The first volume, described as a “General Survey ...

IT is only during the last fifty or sixty years that the history of mathematics has been systematically studied. In that time, however, the field has been gradually covered by an increasing number ...

On this Pi Day, Daniel Sage, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics, explains to UBNow the history of pi, whether it’s really never ending and the other constant that perhaps deserves ...

A new program at Heritage Park in Calgary aims to help students apply science and math through the lens of history. Developed beginning January this year and meant to tie into the Grade 7 ...

India celebrates National Mathematics Day on December 22, marking the birth anniversary of the great mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Initiated in 2012 by then-Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the ...