David Holgate
Deputy Dean of Teaching and Learning
Faculty of Natural Science
University of the Western Cape
South Africa
Biography
David Holgate is a full professor and currently the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. His principal research interest is in category theory and topology, pursuing a deeper categorical analysis and understanding of methods and constructions in general topology. His most recent research has been in closure operators and neighbourhood operators on categories as well so-called “pointfree topology†or frame/locale theory. He holds a B3 rating from the South African NRF.
Research Interest
David also has a strong interest in undergraduate mathematics education and is on the international steering committee for the DELTA conference series on the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics and statistics.
Publications
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Banaschewski, Bernhard, David Holgate, and Mark Sioen. "Some new characterizations of pointfree pseudocompactness." Quaestiones Mathematicae 36, no. 4 (2013): 589-599.
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Banaschewski, B., Holgate, D., & Sioen, M. (2013). Some new characterizations of pointfree pseudocompactness. Quaestiones Mathematicae, 36(4), 589-599.
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Banaschewski, Bernhard, David Holgate, and Mark Sioen. "Some new characterizations of pointfree pseudocompactness." Quaestiones Mathematicae 36.4 (2013): 589-599.
