MATH 010Z PZ -History of Algorithms


Institution: Pitzer College

Description: This course surveys the history of algorithms from the arithmetic tablets of Ancient Iraw to their current ubiquity. Research, disucssion, experiment, and problem solving will inform an exploration of algorithms in ancient mathematics, algorithms in material practices, humans as computers, and humans on computers.


This course information is from the 2023-2024 Pitzer Catalog. View this catalog.

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