Patterns of Formation and Development of Domestic Educational Mathematical Publications (1682–1918)

Aim. To present the results of a study of the development of an educational and mathematical printed book in the form of periodisation, considering such problems as 1) analysis of research on the history of the development of the Russian pre-revolutionary mathematical educational books, 2) determination the criterion that forms the basis for the periodisation of the development of the corpus of mathematical educational printed books of pre-revolutionary Russia, and 3) identification of the periods in the development of the mathematical educational books in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Methodology. The study is based on the general principle of determinism, which recognises the mutual connection and conditionality of changes, the method of historicism, which allows to identify logic in the process of historical development, on the comparative analytical method.

Results. For the first time, periodization of educational and mathematical printed book, consisting of four periods, was developed (1682–1918).

Research implications. The issue of developing a periodization and creating a periodisation for the development of an educational and mathematical printed book has been addressed. The periodisation criterion is based on the degree of use of methodological knowledge in the creation of a text-book.

Conclusions. Trends of the development of the corpus of educational and mathematical publications can be presented in the form of periodisation.

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