Teaching Elementary Mathematics at the University of Prague. A Study of Latin Compendia from the Second Half of the 18th century

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Crippa, Davide
Teaching Elementary Mathematics at the University of Prague. A Study of Latin Compendia from the Second Half of the 18th century.
Almagest. Roč. 13, č. 1 (2022), s. 80-141. ISSN 1792-2593. E-ISSN 2507-0371
Grant CEP: GA ČR(CZ) GJ19-03125Y
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985955
Klíčová slova: Jesuit mathematics * elementary geometry * algebra * Bohemia * Enlightenment
Obor OECD: Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Způsob publikování: Omezený přístup
https://doi.org/10.1484/J.ALMAGEST.5.131490

From the middle of the 18th century on, the central authority in Vienna strove to increase its control over education in the Habsburg lands, attempting to introduce a series of reforms in university education in order to modernize the curricula. In this paper, we shall survey the content and structure of the course in Elementary Mathematics at the Charles-Ferdinand University in Prague from 1750ca to 1784ca.

Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0335438