Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Applied Mathematics) by Title
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Mathematical modeling of cancer treatments and the role of the immune system response to tumor invasion.
(2015)Despite the success of traditional cancer treatments, a definite cure to several cancers does not exist. Further, the traditional cancer treatments are highly toxic and have a relatively low efficacy. Current research ... -
Mathematical models for heat and mass transfer in nanofluid flows.
(2018)The behaviour and evolution of most physical phenomena is often best described using mathematical models in the form of systems of ordinary and partial differential equations. A typical example of such phenomena is the ... -
Modelling the physical dynamics of estuaries for management purposes.
(1996)South African estuaries are characterised by highly variable inflows owing to the semi-arid nature of the land mass which they drain. The interaction of this variability with that of the marine environment (seasonality, ... -
Modelling waterborne diseases.
(2013)Waterborne diseases are among the major health problems threatening the life of individuals globally. This thesis investigates the dynamics of waterborne disease under different conditions and consequently determines ... -
Models in isotropic coordinates with equation of state.
(2014)In this thesis we consider spacetimes which are static and spherically symmetric related to the Einstein and Einstein-Maxwell system of equations in isotropic coordinates. We study both neutral and charged matter ... -
New exact solutions for neutral and charged shear-free relativistic fluids.
(2022)We study shear-free gravitating fluids in general relativity. We first analyse the integrability of the Emden-Fowler equation that governs the behaviour of shear-free neutral perfect fluid distributions. We find a new ... -
New families of exact solutions for compact stars.
(2018)In this thesis we present new families of exact solutions to the Einstein and Einstein- Maxwell eld equations which are relevant in the description of highly compact stellar objects. We rst impose a linear equation of ... -
New models for quark stars with charge and anisotropy.
(2014)We find new classes of exact solutions for the Einstein-Maxwell field equations. The solutions are obtained by considering charged anisotropic matter with a linear equation of state consistent with quark stars. The field ... -
New solutions for a radiating star.
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Non-circularity of beams in the CMB polarization power spectrum estimation.
(2013)Precise measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) anisotropies have been one of the foremost concerns in modern cosmology as it provides valuable information on the cosmology of the Universe. However, an ... -
A numerical study of heat and mass transfer in non-Newtonian nanofluid models.
(2019)A theoretical study of boundary layer flow, heat and mass transport in non-Newtonian nanofluids is presented. Because of the diversity in the physical structure and properties of non-Newtonian fluids, it is not possible ... -
On new and improved semi-numerical techniques for solving nonlinear fluid flow problems.
(2012)Most real world phenomena is modeled by ordinary and/or partial differential equations. Most of these equations are highly nonlinear and exact solutions are not always possible. Exact solutions always give a good account ... -
On paired decoupled quasi-linearization methods for solving nonlinear systems of differential equations that model boundary layer fluid flow problems.
(2018)Two numerical methods, namely the spectral quasilinearization method (SQLM) and the spectral local linearization method (SLLM), have been found to be highly efficient methods for solving boundary layer flow problems that ... -
On singularly perturbed problems and exchange of stabilities.
(2015)Singular perturbation theory has been used for about a century to describe models displaying different timescales, that arise in applied sciences; particularly, models displaying two timescales, namely slow time and fast ... -
Optimisation of the population Monte Carlo algorithm : application to cosmology.
(2015)In this thesis we study the Population Monte Carlo (PMC) algorithm and utilise simulations to improve the efficiency of the algorithm by optimising the algorithm parameters. We then ap ply these optimisation results to ... -
Partial exchangeability and related topics.
(1991)Partial exchangeability is the fundamental building block in the subjective approach to the probability of multi-type sequences which replaces the independence concept of the objective theory. The aim of this thesis is ... -
Probing the nature of dark energy with 21-cm intensity mapping.
(2020)Two approaches to measure the BAOs (baryon acoustic oscillations) with optical and radio telescopes, namely; galaxy redshift and intensity mapping (IM) surveys have been introduced and discussed in the literature. Among ... -
Relativistic astrophysical models of perfect and radiating fluids.
(2019)Abstract available in PDF file.