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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
AE-MT105BCompulsory113
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge of history of mathematics at undergraduate level and to gain the skills to make them realize the importance of mathematics history for school mathematics.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Mesut Öztürk
Learning Outcomes
11. explain mathematics in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
2Explains the ancient Egyptian number system and Egyptian geometry.
3Explains the sexagesimal number system.
4Explains algebra and geometry in Mesopotamia.
5Will be able to explain the mathematical studies carried out in ancient Greece.
6Explains that the concept of proof in mathematics began in ancient Greece.
7Proves the Pythagorean theorem in different ways.
8Discusses Zeno's paradoxes.
9Explains the importance of the Alexandrian school and Euclid's Elements in the history of mathematics.
10Calculates the volume of the sphere using Archimedes' method.
11Will be able to explain the mathematical studies during the Islamic civilization period.
12Solve quadratic equations with the method of Abdülhamit İbni Türk and Harezmi.
13Explains the development of trigonometry during the Islamic civilization.
14Explains the importance of mathematical studies in the Islamic civilization period in terms of the history of mathematics.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
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Recommended Optional Programme Components
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Course Contents
The aim of this course is to provide students with the knowledge of history of mathematics at undergraduate level and to gain the skills to make them realize the importance of mathematics history for school mathematics.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Computation techniques and number systems, numbers and art of calculation in Ancient Egypt
2Ancient Egyptian geometry
3Sumerian computation techniques, sexagesimal system
4Babylonian mathematics, Babylonian algebra and geometry
5Mathematics in Hellenistic age, Thales
6Pythagoras of Samos, Zeno and Democritus of Abdera
7Archytas, Platon, Eudoxus, Aristo
8Euclid and The Elements
9Archimedes Of Syracuse
10Eratosthenes and Apollonius of Perga, causes of the collapse of the ancient Greek civilization
11Heron, Batlamyus, Diyafont, Pappus, Hypatia
12Mathematics in İslamic Period, Al-Khowarizmi
13Abd al-Hamid ibn-Turk, Thabit ibn-Qurra
14Omar Khayyam, Nasir al-Din at Tusi
15Final Exam
Recommended or Required Reading
Baki, A. (2014). Matematik tarihi ve felsefesi. Ankara: Pegem Akademi. • Boll, M. (1991). Matematik tarihi. İletişim Yayınları. • Cajori, F. (2014). Matematik tarihi (D. İlalan, Çev.). Ankara: ODTÜ yayıncılık • Göker, L. (1997). Matematik tarihi ve Türk İslam matematikçilerinin yeri. İstanbul: Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı • Street, T. (2016). İslam mantık tarihi (H. Kuşlu, Çev.). İstanbul: Klasik • Kuşlu, H. (2017). Nasîruddin Tûsî’de önermeler mantığı. İstanbul: Klasik
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
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Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination122
Discussion133
Question-Answer2510
Team/Group Work2510
Brain Storming122
Report Preparation236
Project Design/Management2510
Role Play/Dramatization2510
Self Study2816
Individual Study for Homework Problems21020
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)90
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