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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / MAT542 - MATHEMATICS

Code: MAT542 Course Title: TENSOR GEOMETRY II Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 6
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Spring 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 tensor 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 Learn vectoral approach to geometric structures. 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
Tensors and their use in geometry.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Affine spaces Speech, Problem Solving
2 Tangent vectors, parallelism Speech, Problem Solving
3 Convexity Speech, Problem Solving
4 Dual spaces Speech, Problem Solving
5 Dual basis Speech, Problem Solving
6 Metric vector spaces Speech, Problem Solving
7 Metrics Speech, Problem Solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Isometries Speech, Problem Solving
10 Orthogonal projections Speech, Problem Solving
11 Orthonormal bases Speech, Problem Solving
12 Symmetric operators Speech, Problem Solving
13 Tensors and multilinear forms Speech, Problem Solving
14 Tensor products, degree, contraction Speech, Problem Solving
15 Geometric viewpoint for tensors Speech, Problem Solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 C.T.J Dodson, T. Poston, Tensor Geometry, Springer, 1991.
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