Professor Dr. Mohammed Abul Mansur Chowdhury, Ph. D
Dean, Faculty of Science & engineering
Southern University Bangladesh
Former UGC Professor and Former Professor & Director
Jamal Nazrul Islam Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (RCMPS), University of Chittagong,
Chittagong-4331, Bangladesh.
Phone: 880-31-617460 (Res); Cell: 0167-0438502
e-mail: mansur_rcmpscu@yahoo.com
A Brief Profile of Research Interests:
Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Mathematics: Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems (Chaos, Bifurcations, Attractors), Operations Research, Linear and Non-Linear Programming, Mathematical Modeling, Fluid Dynamics.
Theoretical Physics: Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory, Abelian and Non-Abelian Gauge Theory, Regularization Methods, Pre-regularization, Operator Regularization, Renormalization, Anomalies, Standard Model of Electroweak Interactions, Grand Unification Theory, Relativity and Cosmology.
Languages Fluent in: Bengali, English, Arabic (Reading and Writing)
Personal Particulars:
Date of Birth : 18th May 1951
Place of Birth : Chittagong, Bangladesh
Nationality : Bangladeshi
Marital Status : Married with three children
Present Address : Jamal Nazrul Islam Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Permanent Address : Ferdous Tower, Flat # 12/C
94, Alia Madrasha Road, Chandanpura,
Chittagong 4000, Bangladesh.
Contact Number : 880-31-617460 (Res.)
880-31-716552, 726311-4 Ext 4330 (Off.)
Cell-01670438502
e-mail: mansur_rcmpscu@yahoo.com
Educational Qualifications:
Ph. D. in Applied Mathematics (Theoretical Physics) in 1987:
(May 1982 to December 1986)
Thesis Title: “Pre-regularization and Anomalies”
Supervisor: Professor D. G. C. McKeon
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
M. Phil. in Applied Mathematics in 1981:
(December 1976 to March 1979)
Thesis Title: “Spin Dependent Pion-Deuteron Scattering in a Non-Eikonal
Model”
Supervisor: Professor H. Banu
Department of Mathematics,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
M. Sc. in Mathematics in 1972:
(Examination held in 1974)
First Class
Department of Mathematics,
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
B. Sc. (Honours) in Mathematics in 1971:
(Examination held in 1973)
First Class
Department of Mathematics,
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Academic Appointments:
Present position: Advisor
Department of Computer Science & Information Technology
Southern University Bangladesh
Positions hold:
UGC Professor:
University Grants Commission Professor
Jamal Nazrul Islam Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences
University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh, (August 2017 to July 2019)
Professor: Jamal Nazrul Islam Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh, (July 1993 to June 2016).
Director: Jamal Nazrul Islam Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh, (February 2004 to June 2016).
Major responsibilities:
Teaching and supervising the thesis of M. Phil. and Ph.D. Research students and also looking at all administrative works of the Research Centre, planning for conferences, workshops and research activities of the centre.
Associate Professor: Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh, (April 1990 to June 1993).
Major responsibilities:
Teaching and supervising the thesis of M. Phil. and Ph.D. Research students.
Associate Professor: Department of Mathematics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh, (July 1987 to April 1990).
Major responsibilities:
Teaching under Graduate and Graduate students and supervising the thesis of M. Sc. students.
Assistant Professor: Department of Mathematics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh, (July 1981 to July 1987).
Major responsibilities:
Teaching under Graduate and Graduate students and doing own research.
Lecturer: Department of Mathematics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh, (April 1979 to July 1981).
Major responsibilities:
Teaching under Graduate and Graduate students and doing own research.
Research Fellowships:
Department of Mathematics, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh,
March 1975 to December 1976.
Department of Mathematics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh,
January 1977 to March 1979.
Teaching Assistant:
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, May 1982 to December 1986.
Post Doctoral and Visiting Fellowships:
Post Doctoral Fellow: Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, U.K. for two months in 1988 with British Council Fellowship and worked with Professor John C. Taylor, Head, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.
Post Doctoral Fellow: The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex, U.K. for one month in 1994 with Royal Society Fellowship and worked with Professor D. Bailin.
Visiting Scientist: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy for three months in 1992.
Regular Associate Fellow: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy from 1994 to 1996; each year I have visited for three months.
Senior Associate Fellow: The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy from 2000 to 2005.
Thesis Guidance:
5 (Five) students received Ph.D. degree, 13 (thirteen) students received M. Phil. Degree and 5 (Five) students received M. S. degree under my supervision.
At present 4 (four) students have been doing research for Ph.D. under my supervision.
Ph. D. Thesis Guided and Degree Awarded:
- M. N. Hoque Chowdhury: “Studies of Dissipative Systems in Connection with Chaos and Bifurcation”. (Degree awarded in 2003)
- Musammat Tahmina Akter: “Solution of the Dynamical System and its Graphical Representation and Interpretation under Different Initial Conditions using Analytical and Numerical Methods”. [Degree awarded in 2018]
- S.M. Zahirul Islam, “Mathematical Models for Growth, Yield and Carbon Storage of Agar (Aquilaria malaccensis Lamk) Plantation in Bangladesh”. [Degree Awarded in 2018]
- K. M. Nasir Uddin, “The Role of Taxation in the Socio-Economic Development of Bangladesh: A Convergence Between Theory and Practice”. [Degree awarded in 2019]
- Md. Hashibul Islam, “Sedimentological and Physical-Chemical Characterization of Monsoon intensity in the Meghna Estuary and Naf river Estuary (Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh). [Thesis submitted in December 2018]
M. Phil. Thesis Guided and Degree Awarded:
- S. A. Tarafder: “Yang-Mills Vacuum Polarization with Lagrange Multiplier
in the Light-cone Planar Gauge” (1994)
- M. N. Hoque Chowdhury: “Chaos, Bifurcation and Strange Attractors in
Dissipative System” (1996)
- S. M. Zahirul Islam: “Mathematical Models for Growth and Yield of Swietenia
macrophylla King (Mahogany) in Bangladesh” (2006)
- M. Hanif: “Study on Random Variables in Computer Simulation Modeling
and Analysis” (2007), (Joint Supervisor)
- M. Kamran Hussain Chowdhury: “Fluid Motion Past Rigid Bodies”
(2010), (Joint Supervisor)
- M. Abdullah Murad: “Study on Fluid Motions Past Boundaries” (2010),
(Joint Supervisor)
- Md. Golam Hafez: “Studies of Gauge Theory in Quantum Field Theory”
(2011)
- M. Forkan: “Studies on Gauge Theory with Dimensional and Operator
Regularization” (2012)
- M. Tahmina Akter: “Studies of Chaos in Non-linear Dynamical System”
(2012)
10. A. S. M. Moinuddin: “Studies on Quantization, Renormalization and
Form Factors of Gauge Theories” (2015)
11. Nasrin Jahan Nasu: “Studies of Non-linear Differential Equations with
Reference to Chaos and Bifurcations” (2017)
- Syeda Latifa Parvin: “Solutions of the Inflationary Cosmological
Equation for Coupled Scalar Fields” (2017),
(Joint Supervisor)
- Mamun-or-Rashid: “Optimization of Non-Linear Programming Problem
and its Application in Mathematical Modeling” (2018)
(Joint Supervisor)
M.S. Thesis Guided & Degree Awarded
1. Rokeya Begum: “Analytical Salutation of Some Dynamical System and Their Physical Interpretations”, (M. S. Degree Awarded in 2019)
2. Susmita Chowdhury: “Solution of Some Partial Differential Equation by a Few Numerical Methods”, (M. S. Degree Awarded in 2019)
3. Kowree Sen Gupta: “Fourier Series & Fourier Transformations to Solve Many Scientific Problems”, (M. S. Degree Awarded in 2019)
4. Krity Das: “Laplace Transformation and Its Application for Solving Ordinary, Partial & Integral Equations”, (M. S. Degree Awarded in 2019)
5. Umma Imon: “Quantization Methods in Quantum Field Theory”,
(M. S. Degree Awarded in 2019, Joint Supervisor)
Received Awards:
Received Merit Scholarship in M. Sc. for excellent result in B.Sc. (Honours) examination
Received Bangladesh National Council of Science and Technology Fellowship which was awarded on the basis of excellent result in M. Sc. to carry out M. Phil. Research
Received Special University Scholarship (SUS), Teaching Assistantship and Research Fellowship of The University of Western Ontario, Canada for the period May 1982 to December 1986 to carry out Ph.D. Research.
Received “Associateship Award” from “The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics”, Trieste, Italy for the period 1994-96 to carry out own Research
Awarded “Senior Associateship” for the period 2000-2005 by “The Abdus Salam International Centre for the Theoretical Physics”, Trieste, Italy to carry out own Research.
Member of Professional Bodies:
Life member of Bangladesh Physical Society
Life member of Bangladesh Mathematical Society.
Other Experiences:
Acting Director: Several times since 1990 to 2004 I was in charge of the
Director of the Research Centre for Mathematical and Physical
Sciences in absence of Prof. J. N. Islam.
Senate Member: I was a senate member of Chittagong University as a
Chancellor’s nominee for three years.
Member of the Academic Council: I was the member of the Academic Council
of Chittagong University from 1993 to 2016.
Conferences and Workshops Participated and Organized:
- I have participated in more than 70 Conferences, Workshops and
Summer Schools in home and abroad.
- As a second man in the Research Centre and later on as a Director of the Centre I helped Professor Jamal Nazrul Islam, the founder Director of the Centre in organizing more than 60 Conferences and Workshops which were held during 1990 to 2016.
Member of Editorial Board:
- I am an editor of The Chittagong University Journal of Science.
- I am an Associate Editor of Bangladesh Journal of Mathematical Physics.
- I am an Associate Editor of the Proceeding of above (ii) conferences.
- I am an editor of “GANIT”, The Journal of Bangladesh Mathematical Society.
- I am a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of University Grants Commission.
Member of Different Committees of University Grants Commission (UGC):
- UGC Award Committee in the branch of Physical Sciences (Since 2014).
- Evaluation Committee of Scientific Projects in the branch of Physical Sciences (Since 2011).
Foreign Visits:
Visited Canada, U.S.A., U.K., Nepal, Iran, and Italy for higher studies and participating conferences, giving seminar and invited talks.
Name of Referees:
- Professor Dr. Alamgir Mohammed Serajuddin
Professor Emeritus
Former Vice Chancellor, University of Chittagong
E-mail: aserajuddin@gmail.com
Phone #: 01715778938, 031-672644(Res)
- Professor Dr. A. M. Harun -ar- Rashid
Former UGC Professor, Department of Physics, University of Dhaka,
Fellow of Third World Academy of Science and Bangladesh Academy of Science
Road #4, House # 35(A), Dhanmondi R/A
E-mail: amharunarrashid.du@gmail.com
Phone #: 02-8651158
- Professor Dr. Munibur Rahman Chowdhury
Former Professor of Mathematics, University of Dhaka
3/6 Block-G, Lalmatia, Dhaka – 1207
Cell # 01552467908; Phone: 02-8119698
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF M.A. MANSUR CHOWDHURY
1] “Spin Dependent Pion-Deuteron Scattering in a Non-Eikonal Model”,
Ganit (J. Bangladesh Math. Soc.) 1, 113 (1981) with H. Banu
2] “The Static Field in General Relativity-11”, Ganit (J. Bangladesh Math. Soc.) 2, 35 (1982) with M.K. Chowdhury and J. N. Islam.
3] “On the Approximation Scheme for the Static Field in General Relativity”, Appeared in the Research Memorandum No. 15, London City University (1983) with M. Rahaman and J. N. Islam.
4] “On the Effective Lagrangian for Scalar Electrodynamics”, Can. J. Phys. 63, 431 (1985) with D. G. C. McKeon.
5] “Pre-regularization”, Can. J. Phys. 63, 1453 (1985) with V. Elias, R. B. Mann, D. G. C. McKeon, S. Samant and S. B. Phillips.
6] “Surface Terms and Radiative Corrections to the VVA Triangle Diagram”, Phys. Rev. D33, 598 (1986) with D. G. C. McKeon.
7] “Ambiguities of Chiral Anomaly Graph in Higher Dimensions”, Phys. Rev. D33, 3090 (1986) with D. G. C. McKeon and R. B. Mann.
8] “Pre-regularization and the Structure of Loop-momentum Ambiguities with in Quantum Corrections to the Super current”, Phys. Rev. D34, 619 (1986) with D. G. C. McKeon, V. Elias and R. B. Mann.
9] “Background Field Quantization in the Light-cone Planar Gauge: An exception to Kallosh”s Theorem”, Phys. Rev. D35, 660 (1987) with T.N. Sherry, D. G. C. McKeon, H. C. Lee and M. S. Milgram
10] “Operator Regularization in the Weinberg – Salam Model”, Can. J. Phys. 65, 1082 (1987) with D. G. C. McKeon.
11] “Renormalization and Regularization”, with D.G.C. McKeon and T.N. Sherry to be published in the Proceedings of the Second Chittagong Conference on Mathematical Physics (1988) edited by J. N. Islam.
12] “Operator Regularization: An Approach to Renormalization”, Published in the Proceedings of the Fourth Regional Conference on Mathematical Physics (1990), Sharif University of Technology, edited by F. Ardalan, H. Arfei and S. Rouhani.
13] “Operator Regularization in Two-loop Order”, to be published in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Recent Advances in Physics (1990), Dhaka University, edited by A. M. H. Rashid.
14] “Renormalization of Yang-Mills Theory in the Light-cone Gauge using Lagrange Multiplier Field”, ICTP Preprint IC/92/238.
15] “Yang-Mills Theory in the Light-cone Gauge with Lagrange-Multiplier Field”, ICTP Internal Report IC/95/150 and is published in C.U. Studies Part-II (Sc.), 1996 with S. A. Tarafder.
16] “Generalized Deformed Para-Bose Algebra with Complex Structure Function”, Published in Helv. Phys. Acta 70, 703 (1997) with H.H. Bang.
17] “Pre-regularization and its use in flavour Changing Electromagnetic Vertex”, Published in the Proceedings of Mini Workshop on Applied Mathematics (held in SUST, Sylhet, 1-3 September 1998), p-299, edited by J. N. Islam et al with A. M. H. Rashid.
18] “Study on Chaotic Behavior of the Duffing Oscillator Equation”, Published in the Proceedings of Mini Workshop on Applied Mathematics (held in SUST, Sylhet, 1-3 September 1998), P-289 edited by J.N. Islam et al with M. N. H. Chowdhury.
19] ”General form of Nielsen Identities for Massive Complex Scalar Field Theory”, The Chittagong Univ. J. Sci., 25(2), 75 – 81, 2001 ( with S. A. Tarafder and others).
20] “Gauge Invariant W– Boson Propagator in the Resonance Region”, The Chittagong Univ. J. Sci., 25(2), 83 – 87, 2001 (with S. A. Tarafder and others).
21] “Degenerating Instability in Duffing and Van der Pol Oscillator” (2001), Presented in the 13th Mathematical Conference (26-28 December 2001) held at RCMPS, University of Chittagong with M. N .H. Chowdhury.
22] “Analytical Approach to Study Chaos in Non-linear Dynamical Systems”, (2001), Presented in the 13th Mathematical Conference (23-28 December 2001) held at RCMPS, University of Chittagong with M. N. H. Chowdhury.
23] “The Problem of Renormalization and Regularization” (2001), Presented in the 13th Mathematical Conference (26-28 December 2001) held at RCMPS, University of Chittagong.
24] “A General Prescription for Change of Basis in Simplex Method”, The Chittagong Univ. J. Sci., 30(2), 9 – 23, 2006 with Jalal Ahmed.
25] “Photon Self Energy Diagram in Spinor QED in (1 + 1) dimensional Space – time”,The Chittagong Univ. J. Sci. 32(1); 104-112, 2008-09 with M. G. Hafez.
26] “Approximate Analytical Solution of The Simplest Periodically Driven Chaotic Conservative Flow with Non-linearity”, Can. Jour. on Computing in Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, Vol. 2(3), 29 – 38, March 2011, with M. Tahmina Akhter.
27] “Modified Pre-regularization Method in QED and Yang-Mills Theory”, Canadian
Journal of Science and Engineering Mathematics Vol. 3, March 2012 with M. G.
Hafez and S. A. Tarafder.
28] “Renormalization of QCD using Modified Pre-regularization Method and
β-function”, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences Vol. 7 No. 10 October 2012 with S. A. Tarafder.
29] “Operator Regularization in Evaluating Feynman Diagrams in QED in (3+1)
Dimensional Space- Time”, ISOR-JM, Vol. 3, Issue 4, Sep-Oct. 2012, pp 36-51
with M. Forkan.
30] “Semi-analytical Approach to solve Non-linear Differential Equations and Their
Graphical Representations”, International Journal of Applied Mathematics &
Statistical Sciences ( IJAMSS), ISSN (Print: 2319-3972; ISSN (online): 2319-
3980), Vol. 3, issue 1, Jan. 2014, 35 – 56. with M. Tahmina Akhter and
A. S. M. Moinuddin.
31] “Modified Pre-regularization”: A General Regularization Prescription
for solving Quantum Field Theoretic Problems, Presented in 18th
International Mathematical Conference (20 – 22, March, 2014) held at
Independent University Bangladesh, Dhaka, with S. A. Tarafder and
M. G. Hafez.
32] “Development, Present Status of Unified Theory of Quantum Field Theory and the
Role of Higgs Bosson (God’s Particle)”, Key Note Speech given in National
Conference of Mathematics held in Chittagong University of Engineering and
Technology (CUET) Dec. 2015.
33] “Renormalization and Evaluation of Form Factors of One-loop Graphs in QED
Using Modified Pre-regularization Method”, The Chittagong Univ. J. Sci.,
ISSN1561-1167, (Accepted 2016) with A.S.M. Moinuddin.
(with A.S.M. Moinuddin)
34] “Form Factors in VVA Triangle Diagram Using Modified Pre-regularization
Method”, ISOR Journal of Applied Physics (IOSR-JAP) e-ISSN: 2278-4861,
Vol.-8, Issue 1 Ver-I1, 35-43,Jan-Feb 2016, with A.S.M. Moinuddin.
35] “Modified Pre-regularization and Its Application in Renormalization problems of
Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)”, Metropoliton University Journal, Vol.5,
No-1, (2016), ISSN No. 1995-5545, with A. M. Harun-ar-Rashid.
36] “Homotopy Perturbation Method for Solving Nonlinear Partial Differential
Equations”, ISOR Journal of Mathematics, Vol.12, Issue 5 Ver.V1 (Sep-Oct
2016), pp 59-69 with M. Tahmina Akter.
37] “Variational Iteration Method for solving Coupled Schrodinger-Klein-Gordon
Equation”, American Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (2017),
7(1) :25-31, with M. Tahmina Akter.
38] “Equation for Estimating Stem Volume for Agar tree (Aquilaria malaccensis Lamk) Growth
in Plantations in Bangladesh”, Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment
(2017),7(2); 91-101 with S. M. Z. Islam.
39] “Mathematical Models for Estimating Tree Site Index for Agar tree (Aquilaria
Malaccensis Lamk) Plantations in Bangladesh”, Indian Forester (2018), 144 (12);
1172-1178 with S. M. Z. Islam and K. Misbahuzzaman.
40] “Models for Measuring Height-Diameter Relationships for Agarwood (Aquilaria
Malaccensis Lamk) Plantations in Bangladesh”, Journal of Tropical Forestry and
Environment (2018),8(2); 42-53 with S. M. Z. Islam and K. Misbahuzzaman.
41] “Observation of Different Behaviors of Logistic Map for Different Control
Parameters”, International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical
Physics (2018); 4(3): 84-89, with M. Tahmina Akter.
42] “Homotopy Perturbation Method for Solving Highly Nonlinear Reaction-Diffusion-
Convection Problem”, American Journal Mathematics and Statistics (2019); 9(3):
136-141, with M. Tahmina Akter.
43] “Mathematical Models for Growth and Yield Prediction of Agar (Aquilaria malaccensis
Lamk) Plantations in Bangladesh”,Accepted to the Southern Forests; A Journal of
Forst Science, Taylor & Francis Publisher (2019); with S. M. Z. Islam and
K. Misbahuzzaman.
44] “Anamorphic Model for Estimating Stand Biomass and Carbon Stock of Agar
Aquilaria malaccensis Lamk) Plantations in Bangladesh”, Submitted to the Journal of
iForest( 2019); with S. M. Z. Islam and K. Misbahuzzaman.
45] Three more papers are in the process of preparation.
