Arithmos VII - Roots of The Calculus

From: Saturday, October 26, 2002, 2:00 pm
To: Sunday, October 27, 2002, 12:30.
Location: Western Connecticut State University,
Danbury, CT
Contact: Ed Sandifer, esandifer@earthlink.net
Reading List: Our readings are from Calinger's Classics of Mathematics and Struik's A Source Book in Mathematics, 1200-1800.
1. Galileo, from Two New Sciences, in Calinger, reading 68, pp. 363-373.
2. Cavalieri, The Principle of Cavalieri, in Struik, reading V.5, pp. 209-214; p. 209, p. 210, p. 211, p. 212, p. 213, p. 214.
3. Cavalieri, Integration, in Struik, reading V.6, p. 214-219; p. 214, p. 215, p. 216, p. 217, p. 218, p. 219.
4. Fermat, from "On a Method for the Evaluation of Maxima and Minima," in Calinger, reading 70, 377-379.
5. Pascal, from "On the Sines of a Quadrant of a Circle," in Calinger, reading 71, pp.380-382.
6. [Time permitting: Leibniz, "A New Method for Maxima and Minima as well as Tangents ...," in Calinger, reading 72, pp. 387-392.]
Schedule:
- Saturday, 12:00, optional lunch for early arrivers
- Saturday, 2:00 pm, afternoon session begins
- Saturday, 6:30 pm, dinner
- Sunday, early, optional fun run
- Sunday, 9:00 am, morning session begins
- Sunday, 12:00, farewells and optional lunch

Last modified: August 13, 2002.