%0 Journal Article %T Coarse spaces over the ages %A Jan Mandel %A Bed£¿ich Soused¨ªk %J Mathematics %D 2009 %I arXiv %R 10.1007/978-3-642-11304-8_23 %X The objective of this paper is to explain the principles of the design of a coarse space in a simplified way and by pictures. The focus is on ideas rather than on a more historically complete presentation. Also, space limitation does not allow even to mention many important methods and papers that should be rightfully included. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.5725v2