Dr. Glyn George

B.Sc., Ph.D., Cert.Ed., F.I.M.A., F.R.A.S.

Publications in Refereed Journals:

George, G.H., Mathematical Gazette, vol. 104, #560, pp. 271-280, “Parallel probabilities” (PDF document)

George, G.H., Mathematical Gazette, vol. 104, #559, pp. 44-48, “Limits and second order ordinary differential equations” (PDF document)

George, G.H., Mathematical Gazette, vol. 99, #545, pp. 230-236, “When copycats lose” (PDF document)

George, G.H., Mathematics in Schools, vol. 42, #1, p. 39, “Picturing Newton’s Formula for p” (extended and corrected PDF version of a letter to the editor)

George, G.H., Mathematical Gazette, vol. 94, #530, pp. 332-334, “The integral of 1/x” (PDF document)

George, G.H., Mathematical Gazette, vol. 92, #524, pp. 344-348, “A seldom used formula for ODEs” (PDF document)

George, G.H., Mathematical Gazette, vol. 88, #513, pp. 85-86, Note 88.76 “Testing for the Independence of Three Events” (PDF document)

Hansen, D., Cavers, W. & George, G.H., International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 19(5), pages 682-695, “Use of a Physical Linear Cascade to Teach Systems Modelling”

Uddin, M.N., Radwan, T.S., George, G.H. & Rahman, M.A., IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 36(6), pages 1531-1538, “Performance of Current Controllers for VSI-Fed IPMSM Drive”

George, G.H., Moore, E. & Patey, M.C., International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 10(3), pages 268-273, “A Simple Model for Predicting Success in an Engineering Programme” (PDF document)

George, G.H. & Hansen, D., Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, vol. 118(5), pages 792-797, “Conversion between Quadratic and Power Law for Non-Darcy Flow”

George, G.H., Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, vol. 84(1), pages 28-43, “Inside Black Holes”, based on a presentation to the St. John’s Centre in 1989, (also at
"www.engr.mun.ca/~ggeorge/astron/blackholes.html")

Edmunds, M.G., George, G.H. & Phillipps, S., Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., vol. 219, pages 865-869, “Curvature effects on tests for quasar alignment”

Edmunds, M.G. & George, G.H., Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc., vol. 213, pages 905-915, “On the statistics of quasar alignments”

Edmunds, M.G. & George, G.H., Nature, vol. 290, Number 5806, pages 481-483, “Random alignment of quasars”   (Reports on this article appeared in The Times (London) and the New Scientist on 1981 April 16.)

Conference Publications:

Hansen, D. & George, G.H., Proceedings of the 12^th Canadian Conference on Engineering Education (C²E²), pages 63-73, “A Multi-facetted Approach to Teaching Modelling, via Hydrologic Routing” (PDF document)

McCall, S., Whitaker, A. & George, G., 10th UK Conference on the Foundations of Physics, “Continuous vs. Discrete Processes:   The Probabilistic Evolution of Single Trapped Ions”   (PDF document).

Uddin, M.N., Radwan, T.S., George, G.H. & Rahman, M.A., Conference Record of the 1999 IEEE Industry Applications Conference, 34^th Annual Meeting, pages 1018-1025, “Performance of Current Controllers for VSI-Fed IPMSM Drive”

George, G.H. & Moore, E., Proceedings of the 10^th Canadian Conference on Engineering Education, pages 363-367, “Comparison of Grading Practices across an Engineering Programme” (PDF document)

Hansen, D. & George, G.H., Proceedings of the 11^th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, pages 417-426, “Errors in the Application of Ergun-Type Non-Darcy Flow Equations”

Also:

Lecture notes for various courses:
ECE 4110 Discrete Mathematics for Computer Engineering (2022-25)
ENGI 4430 Advanced Calculus for Engineering (2010-25)
ENGI 4421 Probability and Statistics (2010-16)
ENGI 3424 Engineering Mathematics (2009-24)
ENGI 3425 Mathematics for Civil Engineering I (2014)
ENGI 3423 Probability and Statistics (2003-10)
ENGI 9420 Engineering Analysis (2007-08, 2012)
ENGI 5432 Advanced Calculus (2008-09)
ENGI 2422 Engineering Mathematics 2 (2004-08)

2025:

George, G.H., “Pythagorean triples and an Euler-Cauchy differential equation”, feedback on Note 108.40 in the “Mathematical Gazette”, 2024 Nov., #573, pages 516-518.
Associated Excel spreadsheet.

2023:

George, G.H., “Matching Socks”:   How many pairs of socks of two colours must be in a drawer for matching socks to be just as likely as a mismatch?
Associated Excel spreadsheet.

2017:

George, G.H., “The benefits of an alternative transferable vote electoral system”, an opinion article in the “Democracy Cookbook” series, published in the Weekend Telegram, 2017 Nov. 11, page B-6, St. John’s, Newfoundland.

2016:

George, G.H., “When   P[A | B] = P[B | A]”.

2015:

George, G.H., “Lengths of sides a, b, b+1, of right triangles with inscribed circle of integer radius”.

2015:

George, G.H., “Some Strategies for Organizing Teaching”.

2013 (updated in 2015):

George, G.H., “When to add milk to coffee to cool it faster”.

2013:

George, G.H., “Families of Solutions to Bernoulli ODEs”.

2012 (updated in 2015):

George, G.H., “The Bug-Rivet Paradox”,   a resolution of a classic puzzle in special relativity, (somewhat like the “barn-pole paradox”).

George, G.H., “Black Holes”,   a presentation to Shad Valley students at Memorial University, 2005 July 25.
(Available at "www.engr.mun.ca/~ggeorge/astron/shad/")

George, G.H., “Visual Distortions in the Images of Fast Moving Objects”   (+ associated QBASIC programs,
available only at "www.engr.mun.ca/~ggeorge/astron/superlum.html")

George, G.H. (principal author), Constitution and By-laws of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of School Councils, adopted by the Federation on 1999 April 24.   (Available from a link at the web site of theNLFSC)

George, G.H. (principal author), Constitution of the Avalon East School Board, adopted by the Board and approved by the Minister of Education in 1998 January.

George, G.H., “Runabouts and Spacedocks”, presentation at “Contact ’97”, St. John’s, Newfoundland; and at the St. John’s Centre, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, (available at
"www.engr.mun.ca/~ggeorge/runabout/runabout.html")

George, G.H. (convenor), Internal MUN document, “Report of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies Subcommittee on Academic Advising Systems”, (which led to the replacement of the University’s Division of General Studies).

[Chapter 2 of] Hansen, D. (editor), “Mathematical Derivations Pertaining to Rockfill Hydraulics and Rockfill Embankments”, EAST Report 92-004 (MUN)

Taite, B.R.A., Hansen, D. & George, G.H., “Slope Stability Analyses using the Method of Slices:   A comparison between experimental and theoretical results.”, EAST Report 92-005 (MUN)

Dr. George was the supervisor for:
Patey, M.C., “Modelling Success in Memorial University’s Engineering Programme”, EAST Report 93-001

George, G.H. (founding editor), “Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science Student Orientation Handbook”, (MUN) (no longer published).

George, G.H., editorial and two articles in Mathematics and Physics Magazine, No. 1 (University of Bahrain):

• Editorial, page 1
• “A Consequence of Bayes’ Theorem”, pages 17-19
• “Puzzle Corner” (area of circle as limit of area of polygons), pages 44-45

George, G.H., “Superluminal Motion: An Illusion”, Voice of Technology No. 7, pages 36-37, (University of Bahrain)

George, G.H., Ph.D. thesis, “The Alignment and Clustering of Quasars”, (University of Wales)

Edmunds, M.G. & George, G.H., “Random alignment of quasars”, Report of the Computing Centre, pages 16-17, (University College Cardiff, Wales)

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