MAT 320: History of Mathematics: Group Project

Goal 1: To get a deeper appreciation for and develop an interest in an area of mathematics.

Goal 2: To share this new found interest with everyone else in the class.

This list is not all inclusive

1. Perfect numbers and the Euclid-Euler formula
2. Pythagorean triples
3. Sums of squares
4. Fibonacci sequence
5. Mobius strip
6. Properties of "Pascal" triangle
7. Stirling's formula
8. Wallis' formula
9. Konigsburg Bridge Problem and Euler circuits
10. Euler's formula
11. Four Color Theorem
12. Cauchy's "wrong" theorems and proofs
13. Abacus, slide rule, Chinese mathematics, etc., etc.

• The draft should be 2 – 3 pages long
• Must contain the outline of the research on your topic
• What you intend to investigate 
• What you hope to share with the class in your presentation
• You must also list all your resources in your draft proposal
• You must submit your draft to TurnItIn.com. 

Choose your teammates and then identify the topic for the group project. In any team there must be 2 – 3 members! Please turn in a typed document containing the names of the members and the chosen topic. In addition, describe in 50 - 100 words why you are interested in the topic chosen. (5 points)