6 semester

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Course Title

 

Foundations of Geometry

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Year of study,

speciality 

3,Speciality – “Mathematics”, focus area: “scientific and pedagogical activity”

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Semester of study

6

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Credit points

2

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Name of the lecturer, scientific degree, occupation

Hleb O. Kukrak, PhD in Mathematics

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Goals of studying

Studying the axiomatic construction of the Euclidean geometry and series notions and facts of Lobachevsky geometry.

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Prerequisites

Introduction to Mathematics, Analytical Geometry, Differential Geometry and Topology

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Contents

The history of the problem of Euclidean 5 postulat. Axiomatic construction of Euclidean geometry. The arithmetic model of the Euclidean plane. Absolute geometry. Lobachevsky geometry. Puancare model of Lobachevsky plane.

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Recommended literature

1.       Efimov N.V. Higher geometry. – Moscow: Nauka, 1971 (in Russian).

2.       Pogorelov A.V. Foundations of geometry.—Moscow: Nauka, 1968 (in Russian).

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Teaching methodology

Comparative, problem, interactive-heuristic and visual.

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Language of instruction  

Russian

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Requirements for study during the semester

– tests

 

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Examination methodology

Examination