Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: History of mathematics (17.0M528)

General information:
 
Category Academic-general educative
Scientific or art field Teorijska i primenjena matematika
ECTS 5

Enabling students to develop abstract thinking and acquire basic knowledge in the field of the history of mathematics

The numbering andcounting, theorigin ofmathematics.Infinity.NumberPi.Great problemsof mathematics.Mechanicalinstruments andcomputing machines.Mathematicsand relatedsciences- astronomy, physics.Mathematicsand engineering.Mathematics in history - Egypt, Near East, Greece, Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the sixteenth to thetwentiethcentury.The developmentof mathematicsin Serbia.

The origin and periodization of mathematics. Mathematics in ancient Egypt. Mathematics in Mesopotamia. Mathematics in Old Greece to Euclid. Euclid and Apollonia. Archimedes. Mathematics in the Hellenistic world from Archimedes to the fall of the Roman Empire. Mathematics in Islamic countries from the VIII to XV century. Mathematics in Western Europe and Byzantium (from the fall of the Roman Empire to the invention of the press). The rise of the trading account and the standardization of mathematical notation. The rise of the algebra (del Fero, Tartal, Cardano, Ferrari, Bombeli, Stevin) and the finding of logarithms (Neper, Birgi, Brigs. Mathematics in France (Viet, Dekart, Ferma, Pascal, Dezarg) Infinitesimal methods and the discovery of differential and integral calculus Kepler, Cavalier, Guldin, Roberval, Toricheli, Dekart, Ferma, Pascal, Hude, de Vit, Sliz, Gregory, Valis, Hygens, Berou, Newton, Leibniz, Bernoulli) .The development of an analysis in the 18th century (Ejler, Development of the theory of numbers in the nineteenth century (Gaus, Kumer, Kroneker, Dedekind) Develops analysis and theory of sets in the nineteenth century (Gaus, Boljai, Lobachevsky, Ponsle, Steiner, Riman, Klein) The development of algebra in the XIX century (Abel, Galoa, Hamilton, Grasman, Bul, Silvester, Kalei), Mathematics in Serbia.

Lectures. Numerical and calculation practice. Consultations. Lectures are organized in combined form. The presentation of the theoretical part is followed by the corresponding examples which contribute to better understanding of the theoretical part. During the practice classes which follow the lectures, the subject matter is supported by charactristic examples to provide futher practice and better understanding In addition to lectures and practice classes there are regular consultations. There is a possibility of taking partial examinations which cover certain logical units during the course.

Authors Title Year Publisher Language
Katz, V. A History of Mathematics - An Introduction 2009 Addison-Wesley, Boston English
Burton, D. The History of Mathematics - An Introduction 2007 McGraw-Hill, New York English
Stillwell, J. Mathematics and Its History 2002 Springer, New York English
Course activity Pre-examination Obligations Number of points
Final exam - part two No No 25.00
Exercise attendance Yes Yes 2.00
Lecture attendance Yes Yes 3.00
Written part of the exam - tasks and theory No Yes 50.00
Test Yes Yes 10.00
Final exam - part one No No 25.00
Test Yes Yes 10.00
Test Yes Yes 10.00
Project task Yes Yes 15.00
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Assoc. Prof. Nedović Ljubo

Associate Professor

Lectures

Asst. Prof. Prokić Ivan

Assistant Professor

Practical classes
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Asst. Prof. Bajić Papuga Buda

Assistant Professor

Practical classes

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