Hyperbolic Geometry

15-21 Temmuz 2019

Title of the course: Hyperbolic Geometry
Instructor: Prof. Ayşe Berkman, Prof. David Pierce
Institution: MSGSÜ
Dates: 15-21 July 2019
Prerequisites: High-school Euclidean geometry; arc lengths in calculus; the definition of group.
Level: Advanced undergraduate, beginning undergraduate
Abstract: Euclid’s parallel postulate and how it led to hyperbolic geometry. The Poincaré half-plane model. Hyperbolic lines and circles. Möbius transformations and isometries of the hyperbolic plane.  Hilbert’s coordinatization of an abstract hyperbolic plane.
Language: TR, EN