At the University of Rhode Island, the History of Mathematics course, Mth 381, is a general survey course in development and the philosophy of mathematics.  It provides a cultural background and foundation for advanced study in various branches of the subject.
    This site was created by Dr. M. Kulenovic, and the students enrolled in Math 381 during the fall semester of 2000.  The material presented was written as their final project.
    Our site was created to give an account of the history of Difference Equations and Recursive Relations which anyone with some mathematical background could find beneficial.  There are links to mathematicians, theories, example, problems, and outside sites.  We have also created number of pictures and animations for better visualization of the material presented.

    Students were assigned a topic to research and design a nice web page.

Student name:	Period:
Julie Roberts	600-0 B.C.
Megan Howard	0-400 A.D.
Karen Platt	400-1200
Manuel Furtado	1200-1600
Dennis Duquette	1600-1700
Eric Anderson	1700-1750
Barbara Simonelli	1751-1800
Andrea Pisani	1801-1825
Michael Cook	1826-1850
Sarah Pierson	1851-1875
Angela Esposito	1876-1900
Theron Hamilton	1901-1925
David Indelicato	1926-1950