| NMAB09 | History of Mathematics, 4,5 ECTS credits. /Matematikens historia/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 24 |
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Area of Education: Science Subject area: Mathematics |
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| Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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| Aim: The course gives a survey of the history of mathematics through its interplay with science and technology. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) Pass (at least 5 points) on one of the courses Calculus A or Linear algebra. Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: Lectures and seminars. |
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| Course contents: Mathematics in Egypt, Babylon, Greece and India. How this mathematics was preserved, developed and introduced to Europe by the Persians and arabs. Italy and cubic equations. The emergence of algebra. Analysis and its significance for mechanics and astronomy. Probability theory. The further development of geometry and analysis and their significance in modern physics. |
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| Course literature: Sjöberg, Boris: Från Euklides till Hilbert |
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| Written examination. Assignment. |
3 p |
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4,5 ECTS |
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Course language is Swedish. Department offering the course: MAI. Director of Studies: Göran Forsling Examiner: Olle Axling Link to the course homepage at the department Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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