Paradoxical persistence of all negative growths from reformulation of Markowitz theorem
An improvement on the famous Markowitz' theorem may have the potential to not only more accurately predict the next financial crises, but also the outbreak of...
Two decades of number theory at SU
Mathematicians from all over the world descended on Stellenbosch University during January 2017 to participate in the tenth Number Theory conference...
SU mathematics students perform at international competition
SU mathematics students performed well at the recent International Mathematics Competition in Bulgaria, with honours student Dylan Nelson being placed in the...
BSc lecturers: inspiring, challenging but never dull
Three lecturers from the Department of Mathematical Sciences were lauded for their inspirational lectures by six top performing first-year students during the...
SU hosts historical meeting of numerical and applied mathematicians
The first SANUM* meeting came into existence in 1975 when two eminent mathematicians, Prof. Lothar Collatz (1910-1990) from Germany and Dr Fritz John (1920...