Welcome to MAT 336 History of Mathematics

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Resource (link)	Description
Syllabus	Course description and policies
Schedule (Lecture 1) | Schedule (Lecture 2)	Topics, deadlines, and assignments
Contact Information	Instructors and graders - office hours, email, Zoom links
Quiz Study Guides	Study questions for upcoming quizzes
Missed Work Form	Submit if you miss class, quizzes, or assignments
AI Policy	Guidelines for AI tool usage
Slides Guidelines	Requirements for presentation slides
Presentation Guidelines	Presentation requirements and rubric
Topic Choice Form	Choose your presentation/paper topic
Paper First Page Template	Required first page for your paper
Draft 1 Guidelines	First draft (500 words); focus on citations
Drafts 2-5 Guidelines	Progressive drafts (750, 1000,1250, 1500 words)
Paper Guidelines	Final paper requirements and rubric
Topics Lect 1, Topics Lect 2	List of presentation/paper topics with presentation dates.
Lecture Slides	Posted slides from class
Brightspace	Submit all work.

Useful Links

• Course Schedule: The course schedule lists topics, assignments, and deadlines. This schedule may change if needed. Presentation schedules: Lecture 1 and Lecture 2.
• Syllabus: Course description, policies, and grading information can be found on the syllabus.
• Contact Information: Click on each name for office hours, location, and Zoom links.
  • Moira Chas - Instructor (Lecture 1)
  • Nils Hemmingsson - Instructor (Lecture 2)
  • Chloe Book - Grader Lecture 1
  • Jay Sarju - Grader Lecture 2
• Missed Work: If you miss quizzes or lectures due to documented reasons, fill out this form. We will use the responses from this form - not email messages - when calculating grades. If your reason is not documented, we will still take your submission into account, but we cannot guarantee it will affect your grade.
• Lecture Slides: Posted here after each class.

Resources: Books, Websites, and Databases

• Stony Brook Library - Excellent source of materials and librarian assistance
• JSTOR - Digital database accessible with your Stony Brook Net ID
• MathSciNet - Math database (MSC primary classification: 01 for history). See details here.
• Wikimedia Commons - Repository of images
• Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg - Free historical math books (copyright expired; also check library for recent texts)
• Convergence - Mathematical Association of America's repository of primary sources with English translations
• Barrow-Green, June, Jeremy Gray, and Robin Wilson. The History of Mathematics: A Source-Based Approach Volume 1. American Mathematical Society, 2021
• Google Scholar - Search for articles and academic sources
• Cut the Knot - Interesting articles and references
• Additional readings and links organized by topic

Important Notes

• Read and follow the AI policy
• Videos (YouTube, etc.) can help you understand topics but cannot be used as references unless peer-reviewed or from authoritative academic sources
• Wikipedia is useful for finding references but cannot be cited as a source in your work
• Every fact that is not common knowledge must have a citation from a peer-reviewed paper or book, with page numbers