MHF 3404 - HISTORY OF
MATHEMATICS
FLORIDA INT'L UNIV.
HOMEWORK SHEET (Feb.
10th)
SPRING 2009
TEXTBOOK: A History of
Mathematics by Jeff Suzuki
ISBN: 0-13-019074-B
(Prentice Hall, 2002)
SAMPLE TESTS: None available
The
homework problems will be added as we go along.
Mathematics in
Ancient Egypt:
Ch. 1 Sec.1.1
# 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6;
Sec.1.2 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
Sec.1.3 # 1, 2,
3;
Sec.1.4 # 1 ,2, 3, 6,
7
Mathematics in Ancient
Mesopotamia:
Ch. 2 Sec. 2.1
# 1, 2, 4, 7 ,11;
Sec. 2.2
# 1, 2, 3;
Sec.2.3 # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Mathematics in Ancient Greece:
Ch.
3 Sec.3..2 # 2,3
4,5,6,9,11,13;
Sec. 3.3
# 1, 2, 7,
8, 10
Ch. 4 Sec.4.1 # 2; Sec.4.2 #
1, 2
;
Sec.4.3 # 1, 2, 8, 9,10,13
Ch.
5 Sec.5.1 #1, 6; Sec.5.4 # 1, 2
Ch. 6
Sec.6.1 # 4 ; Sec.6.3 # 4,7;
Sec.6.6 # 7, 8
Mathematics in the Roman Empire:
Ch. 7
Sec.7.1 # 4; Sec.7.3 # 1, 2;
Mathematics in
Ancient China & India:
Ch. 8 Sec.8.1 # 3, 4; Sec.8.2 #1, 3;
Sec.8.3 #1, 3, 5, 6;
Sec.8.4 #1, 2, 3
Mathematics in the
Islamic Empire:
Ch.
9 Sec.9.1 # 4a-b, 8 ;
Sec.9.3 # 7; Sec.9.4 # 5, 7
Algebraic Equations:
Ch.10
Sec.10.2 # 4;
Ch.11
Sec.11.1
#1;
Sec.11.3 #1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
Sec.11.5 #1,14;
Sec.11.6 #1,2
Ch.12 Sec.12.2 #3, 4, 6, 7
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The Differential & Integral Calculus:
Ch.12
Sec.12.3 #1, 3;
Sec.12.4#10;
Sec.12.6#2, 3, 4;.
Ch.13
Sec.13.4 #15;
Sec.13.6#1,3,8; Sec.13.7#2;
Ch.15
Sec.15.1 #13,14,15;