full report - UCT - Research Report 2011

emeritus professor Keith hArdie
Homotopy theory; algebraic topology; digital topology;
categorical topology.
emeritus AssoCiAte professor ronAld Cross
Functional analysis; unbounded linear operators; linear
relations.
professor pAtriCiA WhiteloCK
Visiting Professor and Principal Research Officer; SAAO.
dr dAvid riChArdson
Research Associate; Rangeland Modelling Group;
modelling grazing animal production systems; relations
between complex and simple models.
professor John Webb
Mathematics education.
postdoctoral fellows
dr deChAnG dAi
Cosmology.
dr AlvAro de lA CruZ
Cosmology.
dr ritupArno GosWAmi
Cosmology.
dr olAWAnle pAtriCK lAyeni
CERECAM: Moving boundary problems and variational
inequalities.
dr mAKsim molChAn
Nonlinear waves and solitons; nonlinear dynamics;
mathematical physics.
dr prinA pAtel
Cosmology.
dr petJA sAlmi
Numerical Studies of nonlinear dynamics in the early
universe in particular on nontopological defects.
dr mArinA seiKel
Cosmology.
dr mAttheW smith
Supernovae for cosmology.
dr per eriC sundin
String theory and cosmology.
dr roCKhee sunG
Cosmology.
faCUlTy of sCIeNCe
ContACt detAils
Postal address: Department of Mathematics & Applied
Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Private Bag,
Rondebosch, 7701
Telephone: SA (21) 650 3191
Fax: SA (21) 650 2334
E-mail: mam-admin@uct.ac.za
Web: http://www.mth.uct.ac.za
reseArCh output
chapters in books
Chinyoka, T. 2011. Effects of fluid viscoelasticity in
non-isothermal flows. In A. Ahsan (ed.), Evaporation,
Condensation and Heat Transfer, pp. 423-438. Croatia:
Intech. ISBN 978-953-307-583-9.
Ellis, G.F.R. 2011. “Why are the laws of nature as they are?
What underlies their existence?” In D.G. York, O. Gingerich
and S.-N. Zhang (eds), The Astronomy Revolution: 400
Years of Exploring the Cosmos, pp. 387-406. London: CRC
Press Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781439836002.
Ellis, G.F.R. 2011. Biology and mechanisms related to
the dawn of language. In C.S. Henshilwood and F.
d’Errico (eds), Homo Symbolicus: The Dawn of Language,
Imagination and Spirituality, pp. 163-183. Netherlands:
John Benjamins B V Publ. ISBN 978-90-272-11897.
Ellis, G.F.R. 2011. Fundamental issues and problems of
cosmology. In J.-P. Lasota (ed.), Astronomy at the Frontiers
of Science, pp. 309-320. New York: Springer Heidelberg
Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-007-1657-5.
Ellis, G.F.R. 2011. The big picture: exploring questions on
the boundaries of science - mind, matter, mathematics. In
R.Y. Chiao, M.L. Cohen, A.J. Leggett, W.D. Phillips and L.
Charles (eds), Visions of Discovery: New Light on Physics,
Cosmology, and Consciousness, pp. 645-661. New York:
Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-88239-2.
Ellis, G.F.R. 2011. The big picture: exploring questions on
the boundaries of science-consciousness and free will. In
R.Y. Chiao, M.L. Cohen, A.J. Leggett, W.D. Phillips and L.
Charles (eds), Visions of Discovery: New Light on Physics,
Cosmology, and Consciousness, pp. 545-557. New York:
Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-88239-2.
Richardson, F.D. and Hoffman, M.T. 2011. Using models
to predicy the probability of degradation of rangelands
when subjected to different management strategies. In L.
Zietsman (ed.), Observations on Environmental Change
in South Africa, pp. 109-123. Stellenbosch: SUN MeDIA
Stellenbosch. ISBN 9781920338244.
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