PdF:MA0024 History of Mathematics - Course Information

MA0024 History of Mathematics

Extent and Intensity

1/2/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D.
Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education

Course Enrolment Limitations

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

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Mathematics (programme PdF, N-SS)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PdF, M-TV)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PdF, M-ZS5)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PdF, N-MA2) (4)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PdF, N-TV)
• Lower Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PdF, N-ZS)

Course objectives

At the end of the course students will have basic knowledge about history of mathematics. They will have gained some ideas of how to use it in mathematics classes.

Learning outcomes

Successful graduates will be aware of major periods of the development of mathematics.

Syllabus

• Topics of the lectures: Origins of mathematis Mathematics in Egypt and Orient. Greec mathematics, first crises Mathematics in Middle Ages. Origin of Calculus, second crisis mathematics in the 19th century. Third crisis. Some well-known mathematicians Reading: Křišťan z Prachatic: Algorismus prosaycus Alcuin: Propositiones ad Acuendos Juvenes (selection) Problems of Ancient Egyptian mathematics (bread and beer tasks, fractions) Various definitions of a limit Practical mathematics textbooks

Literature

recommended literature
• Historie matematiky I : seminář pro vyučující na středních školách : Jevíčko, 19.8.-22.8.1993 : sborník. Edited by Jindřich Bečvář - Eduard Fuchs. 1. vyd. Brno: Jednota českých matematiků a fyziků, 1994, 241 s. info
• ŠEDIVÝ, Jaroslav. Světonázorové problémy matematiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1984, 220 s. info
• ŠEDIVÝ, Jaroslav and Jaroslav FOLTA. Světonázorové problémy matematiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1983, 200 s. info

Teaching methods

Lecture, seminar with active participation of the students, homework (reading) and seminar paper on a given topic.

Assessment methods

Assessment of classroom activity. Colloquium on the basis of discussion of the seminar paper.

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
General note: Semináře jsou vyučovány dvojjazyčně (česky a anglicky).
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin (kombinovaná forma).

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