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Course Information

MA2BP_SMR1 Solving of Mathematical Problems 1

Faculty of Education
autumn 2009

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Jaroslav Beránek, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Vojtěch Žádník, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Supervisor

doc. RNDr. Jaroslav Beránek, CSc.
Department of Mathematics - Faculty of Education

Timetable of Seminar Groups

MA2BP_SMR1/01 Mon 8:50–10:30 učebna 32, V. Žádník
MA2BP_SMR1/02 Wed 10:40–11:25 učebna 37, Wed 12:30–13:15 učebna 32, V. Žádník

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PdF, B-SPE)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PdF, B-TV)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PdF, M-ZS5)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to present various methods of solving mathematical problems. At the end of the course students should be able to solve selected problems and discuss the exciting, often non-trivial, relations.

Syllabus

• Pythagoras theorem and related topics, Euclidean constructions, specific Diophantine equations, periodic tilings and symmetries.

Literature

• EUKLEIDES. Eukleidovy Základy : Elementa. Praha: Jednota českých matematiků a fysiků, 1907. 314 s. info
• STEWART, Ian. Odsud až do nekonečna :průvodce moderní matematikou. Translated by Hana Nyklová. 1. vyd. Praha: Argo;, 2006. 365 s. ISBN 80-7363-017-6. info
• HARTSHORNE, Robin. Geometry :Euclid and beyond. New York: Springer, 2000. xi, 526 p. ISBN 0-387-98650-2. info
• DEVLIN, Keith J. Jazyk matematiky :jak zviditelnit neviditelné. Translated by Jan Švábenický. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: Argo, 2002. 343 s., [8. ISBN 80-86569-09-8. info
• HERMAN, Jiří, Radan KUČERA and Jaromír ŠIMŠA. Metody řešení matematických úloh I. 2., přeprac. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1996. 278 s. ISBN 80-210-1202-1. info
• THIELE, Rüdiger. Matematické důkazy. 1. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1985. 160 s. info

Teaching methods

Seminar.

Assessment methods

Individual work, written test.

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/1441/podzim2009/MA2BP_SMR1/op/index.html

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, autumn 2010.

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