DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN PURE MATHEMATICS IN BRAZIL: CURRENT VIEW

Abstract

This article presents an overview on the development of teaching and research in Pure Mathematics in Brazil from 1811 until the year 2010, within the current view. Therefore, the object of study is the discussion of teaching and research in Pure Mathematics in Brazil, comparing the studies and development of the current with what has been done in Pure Mathematics in developing countries. In this work we focus on the first visiting professors who worked in the 1930s and 1940s at the University of São Paulo and the University of Brazil.

Keywords

• Teaching and Research in Pure Mathematics
• Royal Military Academy
• Brazilian universities
• FFCL of the USP
• FNFi of the University of Brazil
• Brazilian mathematical community