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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2003)
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Mathematical gems of Debrecen old mathematical textbooks from the 16-18th centuries

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2003-06-01
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2003.0005
Author
Tünde Kántor-Varga
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old Hungarian mathematical textbooks interaction with other subjects lower and middle secondary
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Kántor-Varga, T. (2003). Mathematical gems of Debrecen old mathematical textbooks from the 16-18th centuries. Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, 1(1), 73-110. https://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2003.0005
Abstract
In the Great Library of the Debrecen Reformed College (Hungary) we find a lot of old mathematical textbooks. We present: Arithmetic of Debrecen (1577), Maróthi's Arithmetic (1743), Hatvani's introductio (1757), Karacs's Figurae Geometricae (1788), Segner's Anfangsgründe (1764) and Mayer's Mathematischer Atlas (1745). These old mathematical textbooks let us know facts about real life of the 16-18th centuries, the contemporary level of sciences, learning and teaching methods. They are rich sources of motivation in the teaching of mathematics.