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The aim of the course is to offer the students of mathematics education basic information about the development of mathematics. It will discuss the contributions of the most outstanding mathematicians of the past and will describe the main periods in the history of mathematics. |
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A.Kolman, Dějiny matematiky ve starověku, Praha 1968 A.P. Juškevič, Dějiny matematiky ve středověku, Praha 1978 J. Šedivý a kol. , Světonázorové problémy matematiky I -III (1983 -1985) E.Fuchs a kol., Světonázorové problémy matematiky IV Diedonné: Geschichte der Mathematik 1700-1900 (1985) Kline M. Mathematical thought from ancient to modern time (1972) |
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Introduction to the study of history of mathematics. The available literature.
Prehistory. Phylogeny and ontogeny. Expression of quantity in aboriginal languages.
First mathematical manuscripts. Egypt, Mesopotamia.
Mathematics in ancient Greece. The main centres and main figures. The main contributions of Eudoxus, Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, Diophantos.
Mathematics of oriental countries (China, India, Islamic countries). The main contributions of Arabic mathematicians. The transmission of oriental mathematics to Europe.
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