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I. MATHEMATICS BEFORE THE SIXTH CENTURY. Ancient Mathematics.TheBeginnings of Mathematics in Greece.Archimedes and Apollonius.MathematicalMethods in Hellenistic Times.The Final Chapters of Greek Mathematics.II.MEDIEVAL MATHEMATICS: 500-1400. Medieval China and India.The Mathematics ofIslam.Mathematics in Medieval Europe.Mathematics Around the World.III. EARLYMODERN MATHEMATICS: 1400-1700. Algebra in the Renaissance.MathematicalMethods in the Renaissance.Geometry, Algebra, and Probability in theSeventeenth Century.The Beginnings of Calculus.IV. MODERN MATHEMATICS:1700-2000. Analysis in the Eighteenth Century.Probability, Algebra, andGeometry in the Eighteenth Century.Algebra in the Nineteenth Century.Analysisin the Nineteenth Century.Geometry in the Nineteenth Century.Aspects of theTwentieth Century.Answers to Selected Problems.General References in theHistory of Mathematics.Index and Pronunciation Guide.