- Docente: Giorgio Bolondi
- Credits: 9
- SSD: MAT/04
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Giorgio Bolondi (Modulo 1) Salvatore Coen (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 1); In-person learning (entirely or partially) (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Mathematics (cod. 8208)
Learning outcomes
Historical and epistemological knowledge of the main keypoints of maths
Syntetic vision of the evolution of maths problems and achievements
Competence in using these knowledges in teaching
Course contents
Module 1 (prof. Coen)
Mathematics in sumerian, babylonese, egyptian civilization: arithmetic and geometry
Pythagoras
Maths in Plato
Euclid's Elements (with a praticular regards to Book V)
Module 2 (prof. Bolond)
Chronosyntesis of the history of Mathematics
Some turning points:
Writing Numbers
Algebra in XVI and XVII century (and before): Fibonacci, Luca Pacioli, Cardano, Ferrari, tartaglia, Bombelli, Viéte
The origin of calculus: Fermat, Newton, Leibniz
The origin of Probability: The Bernoullis, Euler, Laplace
The crisis of foundations
Bourbaki
Readings/Bibliography
Material will be given to students during the course
Teaching methods
Classes and laboraties on sources
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Teaching tools
Case studies based on documents
Office hours
See the website of Giorgio Bolondi
See the website of Salvatore Coen