PřF:M8502 Select. topics of school math. - Course Information
M8502 Selected topics of school mathematics
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2008
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. RNDr. Jaromír Šimša, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. RNDr. Eduard Fuchs, CSc.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics – Departments – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Thu 8:00–9:50 M5,01013
- Prerequisites (in Czech)
- M4502 Mathematical Analysis 3
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Mathematics with a view to Education (programme PřF, B-MA)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PřF, M-MA)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PřF, M-SS)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PřF, N-MA)
- Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Mathematics (programme PřF, N-SS)
- Course objectives
- A series of lectures on deeper questions and topics from the areas of mathematics that are included in the high-school mathematics programe. After passing the course, students should be able to understand presented topics, to teach them in secondary schools especially when preparing talented, mathematically gifted pupils.
- Syllabus
- Types of mathematical proofs and their examples in different areas of mathematics.
- Principle of mathematical induction.
- Pigeonhole principle.
- Classic algebraic inequalities and their applications.
- Introduction to the theory of functional equations.
- Literature
- HERMAN, Jiří, Radan KUČERA and Jaromír ŠIMŠA. Equations and Inequalities: Elementary Problems and Theorems in Algebra and Number Theory. 1st ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, 2000, 355 pp. Canadian Mathematical Society Books in Math., 1. ISBN 0-387-98942-0. info
- HERMAN, Jiří, Radan KUČERA and Jaromír ŠIMŠA. Metody řešení matematických úloh. Vyd. 1. Brno: Rektorát Masarykovy univerzity, 1991, 425 s. ISBN 8021002794. info
- THIELE, Rüdiger. Matematické důkazy. Translated by Alois Kufner - Štefan Schwabik. 2. nezm. vyd. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1986, 160 s. info
- VÝBORNÝ, Rudolf. Matematická indukce. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1963, 61 s. URL info
- Assessment methods
- Lecture 2 hours a week. Colloquium in a written form.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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