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The 1804 examination for the chair of Elementary Mathematics at the University of Prague

SYSNO ASEP	0549143
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	The 1804 examination for the chair of Elementary Mathematics at the University of Prague
Author(s)	Fuentes Guillén, Elías (FLU-F)_{ORCID, RID, SAI} Crippa, Davide (FLU-F)_{ORCID, RID, SAI}
Source Title	Historia Mathematica. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0315-0860 -, č. 57 (2021), s. 24-54
Number of pages	31 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	US - United States
Keywords	Bernard Bolzano ; History of mathematics in the 18th century ; History of mathematics in the 19th century ; History of mathematics at the University of Prague ; History of mathematics education ; Mathematical examination
Subject RIV	AA - Philosophy ; Religion
OECD category	Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
R&D Projects	GJ19-03125Y GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Method of publishing	Open access
Institutional support	FLU-F - RVO:67985955
UT WOS	000726738600002
EID SCOPUS	85117207722
DOI	10.1016/j.hm.2021.07.001
Annotation	In 1804 the chair of Elementary Mathematics at Prague University became vacant and a selection procedure, which consisted of a written and an oral examination, was announced. Only Bernard Bolzano and Ladislav Jandera took part in it. Jandera was appointed to the chair, whereas Bolzano became Professor of “Religious Doctrine”. In this paper we examine the context of this Concursprüfung, the performance of both candidates and the outcome, based on a number of related papers preserved at the Czech National Archives. In addition to this, we publish for the first time, albeit only in the online version of this paper, the transcription and English translation of Bolzano’s written examination.
Workplace	Institute of Philosophy
Contact	Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360
Year of Publishing	2022
Electronic address	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2021.07.001

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