featuring a talk from a distinguished guest, Professor Mihalis Lambrou of the University of Crete.“Diamonds of Greek Mathematics”
The talk will begin with an overview of Greek Mathematics and Mathematicians discussing where we get our information from, which are the surviving manuscripts, where these manuscripts can be found and how they reached our times.
The second part of the talk will contain a specimen of brilliant proofs from ancient Greek mathematics such as the calculation of the volume and surface area of a sphere by Archimedes and the determination of "sine of one degree" by Ptolemy.
Mihalis Lambrou is Professor of Analysis in the Department of Mathematics of the University of Crete. He studied mathematics at Imperial College, London obtained a B.Sc. with first class honours and an M.Sc. with distinction. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1977 from King’s College, London under the supervision of J. A. Erdos. His research interests are in the areas of functional analysis and the history of Greek mathematics.
Professor Lambrou has also spent considerable time in popularizing mathematics and has been involved with the secondary education. This includes the writing, translation and editing of several books, the training of secondary school teachers, the involvement with mathematical Olympiads and the teaching of gifted young students, as well as the delivery of public lectures and the writing of popularised articles.
When: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 at 11:00-12:00
Where: Room CY108, UCLan Cyprus, Pyla CY-7080
