Hackborn, William -

Personal Information
First Name: 
William
Last Name: 
Hackborn
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Mathematics and Computing Science
University Affiliation: 
University of Alberta
Phone: 
7806791106
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Subject: 
Mathematics
Science
Geographical Region: 
Europe
Great Britain
Time Period: 
18th Century
19th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
Applied mathematics, especially fluid dynamics, but I am also interested in the History of Science
Academics
PHD Program: 
Mathematics
PHD University: 
University of Toronto
PHD Date: 
1987
Major Publications: 
Several biographies of mathematicians and physicists in Jeffrey A. Bell (Ed.), Industrialization and Imperialism 1800-1914: A Biographical Dictionary. Hackborn, W. W., O'Neill, M. E., & Ranger, K. B. (1986). The structure of an asymmetric Stokes flow. Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, 39: 1-14. Hackborn, W. W. (1990). Asymmetric Stokes flow between parallel planes due to a rotlet. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 218: 531-546. Hackborn, W. W. (1991). Separation in a two-dimensional Stokes flow inside an elliptic cylinder. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 25: 13-22. Hackborn, W. W. (1993). On a class of Stokes flows inside a corrugated boundary. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, 51: 329-341. Hackborn, W. W., Ulucakli, M. E., & Yuster, T. (1997). A theoretical and experimental study of hyperbolic and degenerate mixing regions in a chaotic Stokes flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 346: 23-48. Yuster, T. & Hackborn, W. W. (1997). On invariant manifolds attached to oscillating boundaries in Stokes flows. Chaos, 7: 769-776. Hackborn, W. W. (2000). An analysis of a Stokes flow in an annular region. Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly, 8: 171-183. Crampin, E. J., Hackborn, W. W., & Maini, P. K. (2002). Pattern Formation in Reaction-Diffusion Models with Nonuniform Domain Growth. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 64: 747-769.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Canadian Mathematical Society Canadian Association of Applied and Industrial Mathematics Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics Association for Bahá’í Studies
Courses Taught: 
History of Physics and Mathematics; Complex Variables; Topics in Geometry; Mathematical Ecology and Dynamical Systems