Abstract:
The following paper offers an analysis of the history of mathematics in Ancient Greece. Its main focus is on five mathematicians from 600 BCE to 200 BCE: Thales, Pythagoras, Euclid, Apollonius, and Archimedes. After looking at the history of mathematics and the achievements of these mathematicians, I became aware of many factors that likely hindered these mathematicians from accomplishing even more. When I realized that many of these interferences were related to Ancient Greek culture, I was interested in examining the progress mathematics is making today. My thesis looks at the restrictions of the past and then looks at all of the opportunities for mathematics today.
