NMAB09	History of mathematics, 4,5 ECTS-points /Matematikens historia/ Advancement level: B
	Aim: The course gives a survey of the history of mathematics through its interplay with science and technology. Prerequisites: Pass (at least 5 points) on one of the courses Calculus A or Linear algebra. Course organization: Lectures and seminars. Course content: Mathematics in Egypt, Babylon, Greece and India. How this mathematics was preserved, developed and introduced to Europe by the Persians and arabs. Italy and cubic equations. The emergence of algebra. Analysis and its significance for mechanics and astronomy. Probability theory. The further development of geometry and analysis and their significance in modern physics. Course literature: Sjöberg, Boris: Från Euklides till Hilbert
TEN1	One written examination based on the course litterature as well as a written and oral presentation of a topic chosen together with the examiner.

Course language is Swedish.