PřF:M7511 History of Mathematics 1

M7511 History of Mathematics 1

Faculty of Science
Spring 2007

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: graded credit.

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Eduard Fuchs, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Fri 10:00–11:50 N41

Prerequisites (in Czech)

M4150 Set Theory || M6531 Set Theory I

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

Course objectives

First course of history of mathematics.

Syllabus

The importance and position of the history of mathematics in the system of sciences. The main periods in the history of mathematics and the problems of its delimination. The prehistory of mathematics. The foundation of mathematics as a branch of science. The Hellenistic mathematics. 1. crisis of mathematics. Arab mathematics and its influence upon European mathematics in the Middle Ages. A significant change in the position of science in the 17th Century. The rise of the infinitesimal calculus. 2. crisis of mathematics. The rise of the modern mathematics in 19th Century. 3. crisis of mathematics and its consequences for the developement of mathematics in the 20th Century.

Literature

FUCHS, Eduard. Teorie množin pro učitele. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999. info
KLINE, Morris. Mathematical thought from ancient to modern times. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990, xv, 390. ISBN 0195061357. info
KONFOROVYČ, Andrìj Hryhorovyč. Významné matematické úlohy. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1989, 208 s. ISBN 8004218482. URL info
FUCHS, Eduard. Světonázorové problémy matematiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1987, 284 s. info

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.