Plenary Speakers:

The list of plenary speakers has been finalised by the SAMS Council and is given below. The titles of their talks as well as abstracts and the dates and times of these talks will be made availabe as soon as possible.

Prof. Alan Frank Beardon

Abstract: Continued fractions, hyperbolic geometry, and Farey arithmetic
Affiliation: Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics,University of Cambridge, UK.
Research Interests: Geometric function theory and hyperbolic geometry in general, but especially in relation to complex continued fractions, discrete Mobius groups and Riemann surfaces. Also, dynamical systems, potential theory and mathematical economics.
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Prof. Maria Manuel Clementino

Affiliation: Departamento de Matemática, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal.
Research Interests: Topology and Category Theory.
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Prof. Michael de Villiers

Abstract: Learning to define in geometry
Affiliation: School of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education,
University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Research Interests: Geometry, Applications and Modelling, and the History and Philosophy of Mathematic. Also, teaching and learning of proof.
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Prof. Johannes H. Hattingh

Abstract: Restrained domination in graphs
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Georgia State University, USA.
Research Interests: Graph Theory with an emphasis on domination in graphs.
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Prof. Heinrich Raubenheimer

Abstract: On spectral theory in Banach algebras
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Research Interests: Spectral theory in Banach algebras.
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Dr. Anders Yeo

Abstract: Transversals in hypergraphs, total domination in graphs and other related problems
Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.
Research Interests: Graph theory, graph algorithms, combinatorial optimization, combinatorics, fixed parameter tractability.
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