MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
MAT1003 Abstract Mathematics I Fall 3 2 4 6
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Instructor MAHMOUD JAFARI SHAH BELAGHI
Course Objectives: To enable the student to obtain skills and logical perspectives that prepare them for subsequent courses inside the department,to understand and use the language and notation of mathematics, to communicate using mathematical language, to comprehend and construct mathematical arguments,to introduce fundamental concepts of mathematics which are essential for mathematical thinking and.to provide most common methods of mathematical proofs , to develop the mathematical maturity of the student,for further studies in mathematics.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
The students who succeeded in this course;
o will be able to describe prof methods.
o will be able to conclude validity of propositions.
o will be able to apply concepts of logic to proof methods.
o will be able to formulate and develop mathematical statements.
o will be able to distinguish mathematical implications.
o will be able to adopt proof techniques to fundamental topics:set theory, graphs, correspondences, functions, relations, construct sets and relations of given property.
o will be able to compare sets (with respect to cardinality etc. ),compare functions (with respect to injectivity, surjectivity, invertibility, the properties of image and preimage under them etc.),demonstrate basic abstract structures.

Course Content

The language of mathematics. Theorems, Theory of logics. Statements and Proofs. Quantifiers. Sets. Product of sets. Correspondances and functions. Images under graphs and functions. Composite graphs and functions. Sections, retractions, injections and surjections. Relations. Equivalence and Ordering. Ordering. Partially ordering. Total ordering. Well ordering. Directed sets. Intervals. Axiom of choice.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) The language of mathematics.
2) Theorems, Theory of logics.
3) Statements and Proofs.
4) Quantifiers.
5) Sets. Product of sets. Graphs.
6) Correspondances and functions.
7) Union and Intersection of a family of sets, coverings and partitions.
8) Inverses of Graphs ,correspondances and functions. Images of the family of sets under graphs and functions.
9) Composite functions, graphs and correspondences. Sections, retractions,injections and surjections.
10) Product of a family of sets.
11) Relations.Equivalence relations.
12) Ordering. Partially ordering. Total ordering.
13) Well ordering. Directed sets. Intervals.
14) Axiom of choice. Summary of the course topics, directions and notices for the final exams.
15) Final exams.
16) Final exams.

Sources

Course Notes: Naive Set Theory, Halmos P R, The Theory of Sets, Bourbaki N , Schaum’s Outline , Theory and Problems of Finite Mathematics, Seymour Lipschutz.
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance % 0
Laboratory % 0
Application % 0
Field Work % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) % 0
Quizzes % 0
Homework Assignments % 0
Presentation % 0
Project % 0
Seminar % 0
Midterms 2 % 45
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 55
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 45
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 55
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application 0 0 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 0 0
Field Work 0 0 0
Study Hours Out of Class 14 5 70
Presentations / Seminar 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Homework Assignments 0 0 0
Quizzes 0 0 0
Preliminary Jury 0
Midterms 2 2 4
Paper Submission 0
Jury 0
Final 1 2 2
Total Workload 118

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
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