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Lithuanian Mathematics Textbooks by President Antanas Smetona
Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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Advances in Historical Studies·Volume 09 (2020)·Pages 1–12·Published 30 March 2020·DOI10.4236/ahs.2020.91001
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Abstract
The Seimas (Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania) proclaimed 2019 the year of President Antanas Smetona. In this article, the author returns to the mathematical activities of A. Smetona, future President of the Republic of Lithuania, supplementing his presentation delivered in Lithuania in 2017 with new sources, and aims to familiarise readers with this exceptional personality in English. The article discusses circumstances under which arithmetic and algebra textbooks were written by A. Smetona in 1915, a member of the Textbook Publishing Commission under the Lithuanian Science Society. The main features of publications for developing Lithuanian gymnasiums of that time and their importance in the history of Lithuanian education.
KeywordsLithuanian TextbooksTheory of ArithmeticTheory of AlgebraLithuanian Terminology of MathematicsSenior School (Gymnasium)
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