Information Package / Course Catalogue
Taxicab Geometry
Course Code: MAT435
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course is to introduce students taxicab geometry, teach the concepts related to non-Euclidean geometries and improve their ability for some applications in taxicab geometry.

Course Content

Taxicab distance, classification of lines in taxicab plane, distance of a point to a line, shortest distance set, taxicab conics, synthetical drawing of taxicab conics, some examples about non-Euclidean geometries.

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