The Mathematics of Ancient Greece (MTH 199AG)
Term: 2019-2020 Academic Year Winter Term
Office Hours for Fall Term 2019
Thu, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM (1/6/2020 - 3/19/2020) Location: NC SITK 4
The mathematicians of ancient Greece made a hugely significant contribution to world thought and all practical subjects which depend on that intellectual basis, from geometry to engineering, astronomy to design. Influenced initially by the Egyptians, Greek mathematicians would push on to make breakthroughs such as Pythagoras' theory of right-angled triangles and, by focussing on the abstract, bring clarity and precision to age-old mathematical problems. Their solutions provided the fundamental mathematical building blocks that all future mathematicians and scientists would build upon right up to the present day.