MTH 504 - Recent Developments in Mathematics

Admission to Mathematics MA Program. (3).

Study of themes in mathematics centered on major problems which are unsolved or only recently solved. Emphasis on the vitality and scope of mathematics in the 20^th and 21^st centuries. Topics may include higher-dimensional geometry, infinite sets, chaos theory, limits of computability, prime numbers, knots and the theory of randomness. Graded ABCDE.