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ekm2 on Sept 9, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Combinatorial Mathematics

As an ancient field, the history of combinatorial mathematics could be traced back over 4000 years to the age of the Great Yu in ancient China.

Interesting perspective.I will sign up though I know zero chinese.

carlosgg on Sept 9, 2014 [–]

Ha ha, Yu the Great is a legend!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_the_Great

At the bottom it says there are English subtitles and the course materials are all in English.

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