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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / MAT643 - MATHEMATICS (DOCTORATE DEGREE)

Code: MAT643 Course Title: SEMI-RIEMANNIAN MANIFOLDS I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 3rd Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
Department MATHEMATICS (DOCTORATE DEGREE)
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ESMA DEMİR ÇETİN (esma.demir@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) ESMA DEMİR ÇETİN, ÇAĞLA RAMİS,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Given the basic concepts of Semi Riemann Manifolds that students need for doctoral education. Also show the ways to solve problems that students will experience.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Understand the effect of the metric structure on the manifold. PO-1 Students can design an original issue and explore new, different and / or comprehend complex issues.
PO-3 Students will be dominated by current issues in mathematics.
Examination
Performance Project
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Relation of the concept of manifold to Riemannian and semi-Riemannian metrics and their properties.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Introduction to manifolds Speech, Problem Solving
2 Isometries Speech, Problem Solving
3 The Levi-Civita connection Speech, Problem Solving
4 Parallel translation Speech, Problem Solving
5 Geodesics Speech, Problem Solving
6 The exponiental map Speech, Problem Solving
7 Curvatures Speech, Problem Solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Sectional curvature Speech, Problem Solving
10 Semi-Riemannian surfaces Speech, Problem Solving
11 Frame fields Speech, Problem Solving
12 Some differential operators Speech, Problem Solving
13 Ricci and scalar curvature Speech, Problem Solving
14 Semi-Riemannian product manifolds Speech, Problem Solving
15 Local isometries Speech, Problem Solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 B. O’Neill, Semi Riemann Geometry with Applications to Relativity, Academic Press, 1983
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) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 1 14 14
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 1 14 14
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 3 14 42
mid-term exam 1 14 14
Own study for final exam 3 14 42
final exam 1 14 14
0
0
Total work load; 182