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MM822: History of Mathematics (10 ECTS)

STADS: 13013001

Level
Master's level course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible

Email: jessica@imada.sdu.dk

Timetable

Group	Type	Day	Time	Classroom	Weeks	Comment
Common	I	Monday	12-13	U21	37-41,43-44	Efteruddannelse
Common	I	Monday	12-13	U49C	37
Common	I	Monday	10-12	U21	37-41,43,46-47
Common	I	Friday	14-15	U180	2	JC
Common	I	Friday	12-14	U21	36-37,39,41
H1	TE	Monday	14-16	U21	37-41,43,46-50
H1	TE	Monday	10-12	U21	44
H1	TE	Monday	10-12	U143	48	MM822
H1	TE	Monday	11-12	U172	50
H1	TE	Monday	08-11	U172	50
H1	TE	Friday	12-14	U21	38,43

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Comment:
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Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The content of MM533 Mathematical and Numerical analysis and MM539 Algebra 2 assumed known.

If you have passed MM822 History of Mathematics in the 5 ECTS-version, you are not allowed to take this course.

Course introduction
To give the student an overview of the history of mathematics from ancient Civilizations to the 20th century. The course gives a more detailed insight to the following subjects: history of equations; the development of calculus; Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry.

Expected learning outcome
After the course, the student is expected to be able to:

select and present relevant parts of the syllabus
place a piece of mathematics in an internal and external historical context
present certain methods that were used by previous mathematicians
analyse and present historical source material

Subject overview
Numbers, magnitudes and real numbers. Greek geometry. History of equations. Pre -history of Calculus. The invention of Calculus: Newton and Leibniz. 18th- and 19th- Century Analysis. Non-Euclidean geometry. Aspects of Ninetieth and Twentieth Century mathematics.

Literature

Meddeles ved kursets start

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
None

Assessment and marking:

Oral exam. 7 mark scale, external examiner. 5 ECTS
Project. Pass/fail, internal evaluation by teacher. 5 ECTS

Reexamination in the same exam period or immediately thereafter.
Reexam in part a is evaluated by Danish 7-mark scale with internal examiner.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 26 hours
Skills training phase: 28 hours

Educational activities Study phase: 45 hours

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
See fees for single courses.