PdF:MA0037 Recreational mathematics

MA0037 Recreational mathematics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

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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

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Course objectives

The student will learn about some types of tasks in recreational mathematics as well as their uses in teaching.

Syllabus

Tasks in logic. Problems with matches. Tasks in chess. Combinatorial problems. Historical problems. Magical graphs. Fractals. Encryption.

Literature

SMULLYAN, Raymond M. Jak se jmenuje tahle knížka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1986, 211 s. info
STEWART, Ian. Kabinet matematických kuriozit profesora Stewarta. Translated by Luboš Pick. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: Argo, 2013, 315 s. ISBN 9788025708798. info
STEWART, Ian. Truhlice matematických pokladů profesora Stewarta. Translated by Lukáš Georgiev. 1. vyd. v českém jazyce. Praha: Argo, 2013, 343 s. ISBN 9788025708804. info
NOVOVESKÝ, Štefan, Karol KRIŽALKOVIČ and Imrich LEČKO. 777 matematických zábav a her : z učiva 6.-9. ročníku základní devítileté školy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1971, 381 s. URL info
SINGH, Simon. Kniha kódů a šifer : tajná komunikace od starého Egypta po kvantovou kryptografii. Translated by Petr Koubský - Dita Eckhardtová. Druhé vydání v českém j. Praha: Argo, 2009, 382 stran. ISBN 9788025701447. info

Teaching methods

Seminars, solving problems and presentation of their solution.

Assessment methods

Colloquium - group discussion about assigned problems.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.