MB301 Seminar on the history and didactics of mathematics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Eduard Fuchs, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Jaromír Šimša, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Eduard Fuchs, CSc.
Department of Mathematics and Statistics – Departments – Faculty of Science
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
Didactic seminars are traditionally devoted to solving problems of take-home part of this year Czech Mathematical Olympiad (www.math.muni.cz/mo) in order to qualify secondary school teachers for their helping pupil's solvers.
Syllabus
  • Program of the didactic part of the course:
  • www.math.muni.cz/sisma/~seminar.html
Literature
  • KATZ, Victor J. A history of mathematics :an introduction. Reading: Addison-Wesley, 1998, xiv, 864,. ISBN 0-321-01618-1. info
  • BOYER, Carl B. A history of mathematics. Edited by Uta C. Merzbach. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1991, xx, 715. ISBN 0471097632. info
  • EVES, Howard and Jamie H. EVES. An introduction to the history of mathematics :with cultural connections. 6th ed. Fort Worth: Saunders College Publishing, 1990, 775 s. ISBN 0-03-029558-0. info
  • STRUIK, Dirk J. A concise history of mathematics. 3-rd revised edit. New York: Dover Publications, 1967, x, 195. ISBN 0486602559. info
Assessment methods
Historic and alternatively didactic seminars 2 hours a week. Colloquium in written form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
http://www.math.muni.cz/sisma/~seminar.html
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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