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Basic notions of the calculus by Newton, Berkely and their followers
Mixa, Lukáš ; Kvasz, Ladislav (advisor) ; Dvořák, Petr (referee)
Seventeenth century is important not only for mathematics but for European social development in general. This thesis offers an overview about development of mathematics in the seventeenth century England. I present only those mathematical discoveries, which were relevantfor the work of Isaac Newton. In the first part I show the construction of logarithms by John Napier, Henry Briggs and Gregory Saint-Vincent. The second part is dedicated to methods of tangents and quadrature. I describe works of Pierre Fermat, John Wallis and Isaac Barrow. In the third part is shown how Isaac Newton used the mentioned findings for the development of the calculus. I use this example to demonstrate, that historical approach offers an illustrative connection between geometry, algebra and mathematical analysis and can be used in teaching. Keywords: Logarithm, tangent, quadrature, fluxion, fluent, calculus
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Formal and informal knowledge of logarithms in secondary school students
Mixa, Lukáš ; Pilous, Derek (advisor) ; Kvasz, Ladislav (referee)
This thesis is focused on the utilization of simplified functional equations in logarithm exercise. The goal of this work is to assess the degree of formalism in the logarithm knowledge of high school students. The first part attends to the origin and development on the term logarithm and logarithmic tables. These findings are subsequently put into the context of present day logarithm teaching extracted from contemporary high school textbooks. The second part describes an experiment which was conducted for the purpose of this thesis. The final part contains the results of the thesis and the evaluation of their relevance for logarithm tuition. Keywords: logarithm, logarithm tables, textbook analysis, functional equations.
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Basic notions of the calculus by Newton, Berkely and their followers
Mixa, Lukáš ; Kvasz, Ladislav (advisor) ; Dvořák, Petr (referee)
Seventeenth century is important not only for mathematics but for European social development in general. This thesis offers an overview about development of mathematics in the seventeenth century England. I present only those mathematical discoveries, which were relevantfor the work of Isaac Newton. In the first part I show the construction of logarithms by John Napier, Henry Briggs and Gregory Saint-Vincent. The second part is dedicated to methods of tangents and quadrature. I describe works of Pierre Fermat, John Wallis and Isaac Barrow. In the third part is shown how Isaac Newton used the mentioned findings for the development of the calculus. I use this example to demonstrate, that historical approach offers an illustrative connection between geometry, algebra and mathematical analysis and can be used in teaching. Keywords: Logarithm, tangent, quadrature, fluxion, fluent, calculus
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