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FACULTY OF LETTERS & SCIENCE / MAT343 - MATHEMATICS

Code: MAT343 Course Title: METRIC SPACES I Theoretical+Practice: 4+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department MATHEMATICS
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer SAMED ÖZKAN (ozkans@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
The aim of the course is to teach basic concepts of metric spaces.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Learn some important inequalities. Can define the concepts of metric, pseudometric and normed space. PO-1 Have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of mathematics such as Analysis, Geometry and Algebra with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and can define these concepts.
PO-2 Have the knowledge to critize, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of mathematical data.
Examination
LO-2 Can define the concepts of open set and closed set. Can find interior, exterior, boundary, closure and accumulation points of a set in metric spaces. PO-1 Have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of mathematics such as Analysis, Geometry and Algebra with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and can define these concepts.
PO-2 Have the knowledge to critize, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of mathematical data.
Examination
LO-3 Can find the distance of a point to a set and the distance between two sets. PO-1 Have the ability to conceptualize the events and facts related to the field of mathematics such as Analysis, Geometry and Algebra with the help of the scientific methods and techniques and can define these concepts.
PO-2 Have the knowledge to critize, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of mathematical data.
Examination
LO-4 Can examine equivalence of metrics and convergence of sequences in metric spaces. PO-2 Have the knowledge to critize, analyze, and evaluate the correctness, reliability, and validity of mathematical data.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Fundamental Concepts, Absolute Value, Cauchy-Schwarz, Hölder and Minkowski Inequalities, Metric Spaces, Examples, Normed Spaces, Subspaces, Open and Closed Sets, Interior, Exterior, Boundary and Closure of a Set, Distances and Bounded Sets, Neighborhoods and Accumulation Points, Equivalent Metrics, Convergence in Metric Spaces, Examples.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Fundamental Concepts Lecturing
2 Absolute Value Lecturing
3 Cauchy-Schwarz, Hölder and Minkowski Inequalities Lecturing
4 Metric Spaces Lecturing
5 Examples Lecturing
6 Normed Spaces Lecturing
7 Subspaces Lecturing
8 mid-term exam
9 Open and Closed Sets Lecturing
10 Interior, Exterior, Boundary and Closure of a Set Lecturing
11 Distances and Bounded Sets Lecturing
12 Neighborhoods and Accumulation Points Lecturing
13 Equivalent Metrics Lecturing
14 Convergence in Metric Spaces Lecturing
15 Examples Lecturing
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 T. Başkan, O. Bizim, İ. N. Cangül, Metrik Uzaylar ve Genel Topolojiye Giriş, Nobel Yayın, Ankara, 2006.
2 O. Mucuk, Topoloji ve Kategori, Nobel Yayın, Ankara, 2010.
3 S. A. Kılıç, M. Erdem, Metrik Uzaylar ve Topoloji, Vipaş A.Ş., Bursa, 1999.
Required Course instruments and materials

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 2 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 14 56
Outside Class
       a) Reading 4 14 56
       b) Search in internet/Library 2 14 28
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 4 4 16
mid-term exam 2 1 2
Own study for final exam 5 4 20
final exam 2 1 2
0
0
Total work load; 180