Program of the
History of Mathematics and Teaching of Mathematics on-line Conference
For the on-line sessions we will use the ZOOM facilities, and each participant will be sent by e-mail an invitation for each day separately
Wednesday, May 20
th2020, 18:00-20:00 Budapest time (GMT+2 hours)
Get together session Welcome addresses Technical information Program changes if needed
Thursday, May 21
st2020, 18:00-21:00 Budapest time (GMT+2 hours) Session 1. 18:00-18:55
Edmund Robertson The International Congresses of Mathematicians - politics and mathematics Aleksandar Nikolic Serbian Mathematics Institutions 1841-1941
Session 2. 19:00-19:55
Lajos Klukovits Selected Passages from the History of the Szeged Mathematical School Peter Tannenbaum How to divide a cake fairly: The legacy of Dénes König
Session 3. 20:00-20:55
Michael Lambrou Lost books and forgotten theorems from ancient Greek Geometry
Saeed Seyed Banihashemi Connection of old and new mathematics in works of Islamic mathematician with a look to application of history of mathematics in education of mathematics
Friday, May 22
nd2020, 18:00-21:00 Budapest time (GMT+2 hours) Session 1. 18:00-18:55
Colin Campbell and Edmund Robertson The Copson and Curle Lectures, University of St Andrews David Guillemette Theoretical research frameworks on history of mathematics in
mathematics education: current needs and emergent perspectives
Session 2. 19:00-19:55
Robert Rogers Riemann Sums Belong at the End of Integral Calculus, Not the Beginning.
Maria Drakaki From the Theorem of the Broken Chord to the Beginning of Trigonometry
Session 3. 20:00-20:55
Dirk Huylebrouck Old and new Kepler-Poinsot solids Péter Körtesi Imre Vajkovics
Saturday, May 23
rd2020, 18:00-21:00 Budapest time (GMT+2 hours) Session 1. 18:00-18:55
Agnes Tuska George Pólya’s influence on mathematics competitions in the USA
Andras G Benedek Methodological Landmarks in the History of Heuristic from Didactic Perspectives
Session 2. 19:00-19:55
Tünde Kántor Figurate numbers. A Bridge between History and Learning of Mathematics Katalin Munkácsy and Eleonóra Stettner How can we use the results of mathematics history in the teaching of calculus?
Session 3. 20:00-20:55
Péter Körtesi Temesvár letter
Aleksandar Nikolic Life and work of mathematician Jovan Karamata (1902-1967) Edmund Robertson Summing up