History of Mathematics and Informatics

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Department of Applied Mathematics

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This course is presented in Czech.

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Study Objective:

Mathematics as a language for description of the world is a key discipline for an informatics engineer. The aim of this module is introduce students to the relevant parts of history of mathematics that form the theoretical background of many informatics disciplines, and to find wth students suitable mathematical methods applicable in computer science.

Study materials:

1. Naumann, F.: Dějiny informatiky. Od abaku k internetu. Academia, Praha, 2009. (also in German).

2. Chabert, J.-L. et all: A History of Algorithms. From the Pebble to the Microchip, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York, 1999

3. Graham, R., Knuth, D., Patashnik, O.: ''Concrete Mathematics: A Foundation for Computer Science'', Addison-Wesley, Reading, Mass., 1989.

4. Lovász, L.: ''Combinatorial Problems and Exercises'', 2nd Ed., Akademiai Kiadó Budapest and North- Holland, Amsterdam, 1993.

5. Schroeder, R. M.: ''Number Theory in Science and Communication'', Springer, Berlin, 2006.

6. Křížek, M., Luca, F., Somer, L.: ''17 Lectures on Fermat Numbers: From Number Theory to Geometry'', Springer, New York, 2001.

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Further information:

https://moodle-vyuka.cvut.cz/course/search.php?search=BIK-HMI

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Bachelor program Informatics, unspecified branch, in Czech, part-time, 2015 – 2021 (compulsory elective humanities course, elective course)
• Bachelor branch Security and Information Technology, in Czech, part-time, 2015 - 2019 (compulsory elective humanities course, elective course)
• Bachelor branch Web and Software Engineering, spec. Software Engin., in Czech, part-time, 2015–2020 (compulsory elective humanities course, elective course)
• Bachelor Specialization Information Security, part-time, in Czech, 2021 (elective course)
• Bachelor Specialization Software Engineering, part-time, in Czech, 2021 (elective course)
• Bachelor Specialization Computer Networks and Internet, part-time, in Czech, 2021 (elective course)
• Bachelor Specialization Computer Systems and Virtualization, part-time, in Czech, 2021 (elective course)
• Bachelor branch Security and Information Technology, part-time, in Czech, 2020 (compulsory elective humanities course, elective course)
• Bachelor program, unspecified specialization, part-time, in Czech, 2021 (elective course)