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INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE / MAT649 - MATHEMATICS (DOCTORATE DEGREE)

Code: MAT649 Course Title: FRACTAL STRUCTURES AND APPLICATIONS 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 Fractal geometry 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 Learn rational dimensional structures. 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
Fractal geometry and its properties.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Basic mathematical backgrounds Speech, Problem Solving
2 Hausdorff measure Speech, Problem Solving
3 Hausdorff dimension Speech, Problem Solving
4 Calculation of Hausdorff dimension with examples Speech, Problem Solving
5 Equivalent definitions of Hausdorff dimension Speech, Problem Solving
6 Finer definitions of dimension Speech, Problem Solving
7 Applications Speech, Problem Solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Box-counting dimensions I Speech, Problem Solving
10 Box-counting dimensions II Speech, Problem Solving
11 Packing measures Speech, Problem Solving
12 Some other definitions of dimension Speech, Problem Solving
13 Basic methods for calculating dimensions Speech, Problem Solving
14 Subsets of finite measures Speech, Problem Solving
15 Fourier transform methods Speech, Problem Solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 K. Falconer, Fractal Geometry: Mathematical Foundations and Applications 3rd Edition, Wiley.
2 B.B. Mandelbrot, The Fractal Geometry of Nature, 1997.
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