I started teaching in 1977, and across my nearly 50 years, I noticed that students were always interested in the history of ...

Jacqueline Stedall, History of Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2011) is recommended for introductory (background) reading. Additional reading for each of the sections of the course ...

This course is available with permission to General Course students. The course is an introduction to the use of formal definitions and proofs in mathematics, and to basic results of elementary set ...