Role of Mathematics in Education of Nautical Engineer

Matematika se još od davnina koristi u brojnim tehničkim granama, pa tako i u pomorstvu, posebice navigaciji. Pomorstvo bez poznavanja matematike ne bi bilo zamislivo u pogledu stabiliteta broda, te ucrtavanja plana putovanja. Utjecaj matematike u pomorstvu se može promatrati kroz primjenu trigonometrije i geometrije u terestričkoj i astronomskoj navigaciji te u proračunima vezanim za konstruiranje navigacijskih karata. Razvoj matematike utjecao je na razvoj samog pomorstva. Zato je u obrazovanju svakog pomorca nezaobilazna provjera znanja iz matematičkih kolegija. Isti predstavljaju bazu svih tehničkih predmeta koji su od važnosti za svakog obrazovanog pomorca, u ovom slučaju nautičara. Ovaj završni rad će kroz nekoliko poglavlja pokušati predstaviti samo neke matematičke grane sa kojima će se u svom poslu svakodnevno susretati pomorski nautičar.From a long time ago mathematics has been used in many tehnical fields, as well as maritime engineering, navigation in particular. Without the knowledge of mathematics, maritime engineering would not be possible in terms of ship stability and travel plans plotting. The influence of mathematics in navigation can be seen through the application of trigonometry and geometry in terrestrial and astronomical navigation and the calculation in the navigational charts construction. The development of mathematics has influenced the development of maritime engineering. Therefore, the assessment of the mathematical courses is unavoidable in education of any seaman. These courses represent the basis of all tehnical subjects that are of concern to any educated seaman, in this case the sailor. This final work, through several chapters, will try to present only some branches of mathematics with which a maritime navigator will have to deal with every day