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Rowe, C. and Backeberg, N. 2011. Discussion on:
Reconstruction of the Ordovician Pakhuis ice sheet, South
Africa by H.J. Blignault and J.N.Theron. South African
Journal of Geology, 114: 95-102.
Sandsta, N.R., Robins, B., Furnes, H. and de Wit, M.J. 2011.
The origin of large varioles in flow-banded pillow lava from
the Hooggenoeg Complex, Barberton Greenstone Belt,
South Africa. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology,
162: 365-377.
Shirey, S.B. and Richardson, S.H. 2011. Start of the Wilson
Cycle at 3 Ga shown by diamonds from subcontinental
mantle. Science, 333: 434-436.
Smith, R.M.H. and Botha-Brink, J. 2011. Morphology
and composition of bone-bearing coprolites from the
Late Permian Beaufort Group, Karoo Basin, South Africa.
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology,
312: 40-33.
Vogeli, J., Reid, D.L., Becker, M.E., Broadhurst, J.L.
and Franzidis, J.-.P. 2011. Investigation of the potential
for mineral carbonation of PGM tailings in South Africa.
Minerals Engineering, 24: 1348-1356.
Zhao, H.Z., Jiang, S.-.Y. and Frimmel, H.E. 2011. A Rare
Bi-Pb Tellurosulfide, PbBi4Te4S3, from the wenyu gold
deposit in the xiaoqinling gold province, China. Canadian
Mineralogist, 49: 1297-1304.
Zhao, H.Z., Frimmel, H.E., Jiang, S.J. and Dai, B.D.
2011. LA-ICP-MS trace element analysis of pyrite from
the xiaoqinling gold district, China: Implications for ore
genesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 43: 142-153.
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(Including the Cosmology and Gravity Group, the
Laboratory of Foundational Aspects of Computer Science
(FACS-Lab), the Marine Resource Assessment and
Management Group (MARAM), Industrial Mathematics,
and the Topology Research Group)
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The Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
houses a number of research groups and individual activities
which, in total, cover a large part of the mathematical
spectrum. Examples are: cosmology and relativity,
computational and applied mechanics, marine resource
assessment and management, rangeland modelling,
industrial mathematics, foundational aspects of computer
science, topology, category theory, nonlinear mathematical
physics, functional analysis, cryptography, string theory,
financial mathematics and algebra. The Department has
active research collaboration with other groups in the country
and abroad. There is a strong postgraduate program, with
M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in a variety of fields. A number
of staff have NRF A-ratings and B-ratings. The Department
has a good technical and administrative infrastructure, and
regularly hosts visitors from abroad. More information can be
found on the website www.mth.uct.ac.za.
depArtmentAl stAtistiCs
permanent and long-term contract staff
professors 8
Associate professors 5
senior lecturers 8
lecturers (full-time) 15
senior scholar 1
research staff 3
technical support staff 3
Administrative and Clerical staff 11
total 54
Honorary staff
emeritus professors 5
emeritus Associate professor 1
visiting professor and principal research officer 1
research Associate 2
total 9
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