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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / MAT517 - MATHEMATICS

Code: MAT517 Course Title: LORENTZIAN GEOMETRY I Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 2nd 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 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 Lorentz geometry that students need for master 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 Recognize Lorentz geometry. PO-1 Fundamental theorems of about some sub-theories of Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Geometry, and Algebra can apply to new problems.
PO-3 Mathematics, natural sciences and their branches in these areas and related issues has sufficient infrastructure solutions for the problems of theoretical and practical uses of mathematics.
Examination
Performance Project
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Introduction to Lorentz geometry and the theory of curves.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 3 dimensional Lorentz-Minkowski space Speech, Problem Solving
2 Timelike vectors Speech, Problem Solving
3 Vectors and subspaces Speech, Problem Solving
4 Timelikecone, some theorems about the timelike, spacelike and lightlike vectors Speech, Problem Solving
5 Angle in Lorentz space and vector product Speech, Problem Solving
6 Isometries of 3 dimensional Lorentz space Speech, Problem Solving
7 Rotations Speech, Problem Solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Curves and casual character of a curve Speech, Problem Solving
10 Some theorems about curves Speech, Problem Solving
11 Curvature and torsion of a curve Speech, Problem Solving
12 Frenet vectors Speech, Problem Solving
13 Frenet equations Speech, Problem Solving
14 Frenet curves Speech, Problem Solving
15 Lorentz circles and helices Speech, Problem Solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 R. Lopez, Differential Geometry of curves and surfaces in Lorentz-Minkowski space, Internat. Electronic J. Geom. 7 (2014).
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