COMPLEMENTARY MATHEMATICS II

Matematica COMPLEMENTARY MATHEMATICS II

0512300031
DIPARTIMENTO DI MATEMATICA
EQF6
MATHEMATICS
2016/2017



YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2010
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
648LESSONS
Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: THE COURSE AIMS AT SUPPLYING STUDENTS WITH SOME BASIC MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE, BY SETTING IT IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. IN PARTICULAR, IT AIMS AT PROVIDING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE FOUNDATIONAL ASPECTS OF MATHEMATICS, BY FOCUSING ON THE KEY MOMENTS OF THE MATHEMATICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT.

Prerequisites
KNOWLEDGE OF THE BASIC NOTIONS IN ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY, ANALYSIS.
Contents
COMPARISON BETWEEN INFINITE SETS. CANTOR'S SET THEORY. TRANSFINITE ARITHMETIC. CRISIS OF THE SET THEORY. ANTINOMIES. THE AXIOMATIC METHOD. THE FOUNDATIONAL POINT OF VIEW AND THE STRUCTURALIST ONE. HILBERT’S PROGRAM. THE HILBERT’S PROGRAM FAILURE. GÖDEL THEOREMS. INTUITIONISM.
Teaching Methods
LESSONS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN THE LABORATOR
Verification of learning
THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY MEANS OF AN ORAL EXHAMINATION. DURING THE EXAMINATION, KNOWLEDGE OF THE MATHEMATICAL CONTENT OF THE ARGUMENTS, CAPABILITY TO EXPOSE THEM IN A CRITICAL MANNER AND TO CONTEXTUALIZE THEM IN THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE EVALUATED.
Texts
L.MAIERÙ , PERCORSI STORICO-DIDATTICI DI MATEMATICA ED. LUIGI PELLEGRINO, COSENZA
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