O Problema de Snell-Pothenot: uma proposta de integração de história da Matemática, construção geométrica e tecnologias de informação e comunicação

Abstract

The study of Mathematics’ History (HM) has increasingly aroused the interest of several researchers to act as a motivator for the students' interest in the mathematical content taught to them. Associated to this, we have the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as a fundamental tool for teaching in the technological world in which we are inserted. Therefore, the aim of this work is to contribute to a dialogue between these educational trends, proposing the integration of HM, Geometric Construction (GC) and ICT in the use of GeoGebra from the problem of Snell-Pothenot. For that, a qualitative research of bibliographic character has been carried out in some books, articles and theses that approach this thematic. As a result, a historical study of Snell-Pothenot's problem was drawn up and two solutions were presented, one modern and more precise and the other classic proposed by Pothenot himself. And finally, we bring a perspective of use in the classroom based on CG with the help of ICT.