History of Mathematics

Purpose of this Page

This is the official course website for History of Mathematics (math330-e23), taught by Chris Eppolito at The University of the South in the Easter semester of 2023. This website is the main source of information for this course, and the main method for distribution of course materials.

The navbar at the top of the page has most of the links you will need.

If you have an idea to make the website more useful to you, please email me with your suggestion!

Course Information

Instructor Chris Eppolito (he/him/his) <- christopher-dot-eppolito-a​t-sewanee-dot-edu
Section A TR 13:30-14:45 Woods Lab 123
Office Hours W 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–16:00 in Woods Lab 127 <- Also by appointment (you propose a time to meet).
Webpage History of Mathematics Homepage  

Study Tips

This is a place for study tips.

Many of these were sent to me by students from past classes. If you have a study tip you'd like to share, please email me and I will add it :)

  1. You can do it, and Chris can help!
  2. Don't look up answers; do things on your own and ask a human for help when you get stuck (PS. Chris thinks he's a human, so you could ask him).
  3. The best way to learn maths is to teach it. Make a study group, and work together whenever possible.
  4. Practice makes perfect! Do the practice problems; you learn maths by doing maths.
  5. Don't procrastinate! Set goals or make a to-do list for the class each day and make sure you achieve it.
  6. Take notes on the lectures, videos, and practice problems.
  7. Use GeoGebra to help visualize things when feasible.