The History of Mathematics Research Group studies the origins and development of mathematical ideas and methods from the beginnings of recorded history—in all societies and cultures. Research in this ...

Pythagorean mathematics, duplication, trisection, and quadrature, Euclid's elements and Greek mathematics after Euclid, Hindu and Arabian mathematics, European mathematics from 500 to 1600, origins of ...

This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course surveys the development of mathematics from the beginning of history with an emphasis on its applications to finance ...

There is sound sense in the author's conviction that teachers of elementary mathematics may profit greatly by a knowledge of the history of the subject. They are able to arouse the interest of ...

This course is available with permission to General Course students. This course surveys the development of mathematics from the beginning of history with an emphasis on its relation with the ...

While the study of mathematics is typically focused on learning how to apply mathematical operations and formulas, it's also important to learn about its history beyond just shapes and numbers.

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...

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 ...

To let modern educational statistics tell it, Black K-12 students and Black people in general are horrible at math.