The teaching of mathematics in the Greek military academy during the first years of its foundation (1828–1834)

✍ Scribed by Andreas Kastanis

• Book ID: 104327006
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 152 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0315-0860
• DOI: 10.1016/s0315-0860(02)00023-x

✦ Synopsis

The Greek military academy was one of the earliest institutions of higher education in liberated Greece. In the theoretical training offered at the Academy mathematics was the most important subject, necessary for the study of more advanced technical subjects. The French École Polytechnique, which trained the Greek faculty, provided the model for the Greek military academy. Legendre's textbooks on geometry and trigonometry and Bourdon's manuals on arithmetic and algebra were the basis for the education of the Cadets, which also included Monge's descriptive geometry, mathematical mechanics, fortification, and topography.