Dr. Eugene Kenzifer from the Department of Applied Mathematics in Industry at the Holon Academic Institute of Technology will lead prestigious research in the field of mathematical physics. The cost of the research is about one million shekels, funded by the Israeli National Science Foundation
A new study in the field of mathematical physics will be conducted by Dr. Eugene Kenzifer from the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Holon Academic Institute of Technology. In 1999, Dr. Kanzifer began working on the solution to the problem that arose from the attempts of many physicists to describe the behavior of electrons in small devices known under the name "quantum dots".
Two physical phenomena - interaction between the electrons and their scattering on impurities - determine the behavior of the electrons. Although the general mathematical framework for describing these phenomena - the field theory of replicas - was already formulated in the early eighties of the twentieth century, the mathematical foundations of the theory of replicas were disputed among researchers in the field for more than two decades. The lack of consensus on the subject was created after it was discovered that in several cases the theory of replicas produced incorrect results and without any physical significance.
In 1999, Dr. Kanzifer proposed in his first article on the subject of replicas that the root of the problem with the theory of replicas is not in the general mathematical framework as the vast majority of researchers believed, but in various mathematical approximations that researchers in the field used to make. In 2002, in his second article on the subject, Dr. Kanzifer showed for the first time that based on the scientific legacy of great mathematicians from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the problem of the theory of replicas can be solved accurately without any approximations at all. In fact, this is the innovation presented by Dr. Kanzifer in this article. According to Prof. Jacques Farbarskut from New York University, Dr. Kanzifer's innovative approach is a very important breakthrough in the entire field. The Israeli National Science Foundation made available to Dr. Kanzifer approximately one million NIS for a period of four years to continue researching the subject.
Dr. Kanzifer is a faculty member in the Department of Applied Mathematics, which will open the Holon Technological Academic Institute starting from the next school year (2004/5). This is a new course for the B.Sc. in "useful mathematics for industry" which recently received approval from the Higher Education Council (HEC) for this and the institute is the first academic institution to offer this unique course of study. In the department of useful mathematics for industry, a three-year study program aims to train skilled personnel for the industrial, business and organizational sectors, and to give its graduates a broad knowledge of mathematics, a good command of scientific computing, skill and experience in building mathematical models. The program will focus on two areas of specialization - mathematical biology and image and signal processing fields required in the handling of equipment and communication.
Graduates of the study program will be able to integrate into development positions in industries that are at the forefront of advanced science and elite technologies, in the fields of: electro-optics, biotechnology, defense industries, pharmaceuticals, environmental quality and more. The head of the new unit for carrying out projects with the industry as well as the head of the department of applied mathematics studies is Prof. Edward Yakovov and next to him is an advisory committee consisting of renowned experts in the field of mathematics.
