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History of mathematics III - ON1310N004

Title:	Historie matematiky III
Guaranteed by:	Katedra matematiky a didaktiky matematiky (41-KMDM)
Faculty:	Faculty of Education
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	3
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:1/1, C [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (50)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Note:	course can be enrolled in outside the study plan enabled for web enrollment priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	prof. RNDr. Milan Hejný, CSc. prof. RNDr. Ladislav Kvasz, DSc., Dr.
Co-requisite :	ON2310003
Is interchangeable with:	OKN1310N04

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Annotation -

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History of the calculus from its beginnings till the 19th century.

Aim of the course -

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The aim of the course is to offer the students of mathematics education basic information about the development of the calculus. It will discuss the contributions of the most outstanding mathematicians of the past and will describe the main periods in the history of calculus.

Literature -

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D.J. Struik, Dějiny matematiky , Praha 1963

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)

Teaching methods -

Last update: JANCARIK/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (17.05.2012)

Lecture

Requirements to the exam - Czech

Last update: JANCARIK/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (17.05.2012)

Požadavkem k absolvování předmětu je alespoň 2/3-ová účast na hodinách a vypracování semestrální práce na zadané téma.

Syllabus -

Last update: JANCARIK/PEDF.CUNI.CZ (17.05.2012)

The early development of the calculus.

The contributions of Newton, Leibniz, Euler, Cauchy.

The birth of the theory of real numbers - Dedekind and Cantor.

From calculus to set theory - Bolzano and Cantor.