TITLE:
Lithuanian Mathematics Textbooks by President Antanas Smetona
AUTHORS:
Juozas Banionis
KEYWORDS:
Lithuanian Textbooks, Theory of Arithmetic, Theory of Algebra, Lithuanian Terminology of Mathematics, Senior School (Gymnasium)
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Historical Studies,
Vol.9 No.1,
March
31,
2020
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.