Czech roots of Bulgarian mathematics (Q2904637)

In the beginning of the 1880s, after the fall of the Ottoman Bulgaria, a number of Czech engineers, doctors, scientists and other specialists took part in the formation of an independent Bulgarian state. The book is devoted to four Czech mathematicians, Teodor Monin (1858--1893), Vítězslav Splítek (1855--1943), Vladislav Šak (1860--1941), and Antonín Václav Šourek (1858--1926).NEWLINENEWLINEThese men succeeded in obtaining positions at Bulgarian high schools (Sliven, Plovdiv) and at the newly established university in Sofia, and played a crucial role in the development of Bulgarian mathematics. They have translated several Czech textbooks of mathematics and descriptive geometry, authored their own new textbooks, created new teaching curricula and Bulgarian terminology, and initiated the formation of scientific communities.NEWLINENEWLINEThe book is based on a careful study of archival materials, letters, and other documents. The first part gives a brief overview of the Bulgarian history until 1945 and traces the relations between the Czech and Bulgarian nations. The second part provides a detailed account of the lives and work of the four mathematicians. Their publications are summarized in the third part, while the last part consists of 63 illustrations (portraits, reprints of various archival documents, etc.). A six-page English summary is included at the end of the book.