Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
MAT526ELEMANTARY DIFFERANTIAL GEOMETRY IIElective116
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is to give the basic definitions and theorems of ELEMENTARY DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY II.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Murat BABAARSLAN
Learning Outcomes
1Dominate the theory of curves
2Find Serret-Frenet vectors
3Know Osculator hyperplanes
4Dominate the theory of surfaces
5Know concepts of Bertrand curves
Mode of Delivery
Formal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
None
Recommended Optional Programme Components
None
Course Contents
The theory of curves, special curves, parameter change, regular curves, Serret-Frenet vectors, the normal rectification and osculator planes, curvatures and their geometric meaning, spherical curves, a pair of Bertrand curve.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1The theory of curves
2Special curves, parameter change, regular curves
3Special curves, parameter change, regular curves
4Special curves, parameter change, regular curves
5Serret-Frenet vectors
6Serret-Frenet vectors
7The normal rectification and osculator planes
8MID-TERM EXAM
9The normal rectification and osculator planes
10Curvatures and their geometric meaning
11Curvatures and their geometric meaning
12Curvatures and their geometric meaning
13Spherical curves
14Spherical curves
15A pair of Bertrand curve
16FINAL EXAM
Recommended or Required Reading
Prof. Dr. H. H. Hacısalihoğlu, Diferensiyel Geometri, İnönü Üniversitesi Fen Ed. Fak. Yayınları Mat. No 2 1983. B. O'Neill, Semi Riemannian Geometry-With Applications to Relativity, New York, Academic Press Inc. (1983). M. Berger and B. Gostiaux, Differential geometry: Manifolds, Curves and Surfaces, Springer-Verlag New York 1987. M. Do Carmo, Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, Prentice-Hall (1976).
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
None
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination18080
Final Examination17070
Makeup Examination14040
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)190
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
LO1
LO2
LO3
LO4
LO5
* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High
 
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