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Degrees Awarded – Ph.D. Math

 

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2024 Jamal Shabani B. Bourdin Systematic Design of Compliant Morphing Structures with Stimulus as Design and State Variable 
2024 Subhajit Mishra I. Hambleton Pseudofree Finite Group Actions on 4-Manifolds
2023 Jie Chen H. Boden Flat Knots and Invariants
2023 Szymon Sobieszek D. Pelinovsky Ground states in Gross-Pitaevskii theory
2022 Lee van Brussel L. Bronsard Boundary Versus Interior Defects for a Ginzburg-Landau Model with Tangential Anchoring Conditions
2022 Graham Keiper A. Van Tuyl Toric Ideals of Finite Simple Graphs
2022 Pritpal Matharu B. Protas From Extreme Behaviour to Closures Models – An Assemblage of Optimization Problems in 2D Turbulence
2021 Philip Arthur Mijburgh N. Balakrishnan On weighted Poisson distributions and processes, with associated inference and applications (Joint with University of Pretoria)
2021 Uyen Le D. Pelinovsky Existence and Stability of Periodic Waves in the Fractional Korteweg-de Vries Type Equations
2021 Nikolay Hristov W. Craig On The KP-II Limit of Two-Dimensional FPU Lattices
2020 James Rooney M. Valeriote On the Complexity of Several Mal’tsev Condition Satisfaction Problems
2020 Raphael Yan T. Pirvu Applications of Stochastic Control Theory in The Trading of Stocks and Futures
2020 Adilbek Kairzhan D. Pelinovsky Nonlinear waves on metric graphs
2019 Hanci Chi M. Wang Cohomogeneity One Einstein Metrics on Vector Bundles
2019 Tyler Meadows G. Wolkowicz Applications of Dynamical Systems to Industrial Microbiology
2019 Zelalem Negeri J. Beyene Contributions to statistical methods for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies
2019 Tian Feng N. Balakrishnan Cure Rate and Destructive Cure Rate Models Under Proportional Odds Lifetime Distributions
2019 Muzzaffar Mallo P. McNicholas Random Forest Analogues for Mixture Discriminant Analysis
2018 Kai Liu N. Balakrishnan Marginal Likelihood Inference for Frailty and Mixture Cure Frailty Models under Birnbaum-Saunders and Generalized Birnbaum-Saunders Distributions
2018 Homayun Karimi H. Boden Alternating Virtual Knots
2018 Tao Tan N. Balakrishnan Univariate and Bivariate ACD Models for High-Frequency Data Based on Birnbaum-Saunders and Related Distributions
2018 Peter Sinclair D. Haskell Relationships between Model Theory and Valuations of Fields
2018 Karsten Hempel D. Earn Detecting epidemic coupling among geographically separated populations
2018 Alberto Chicco M. Valeriote Prime Maltsev Conditions and Congruence n-Permutability
2018 Alexandr Chernyavskiy D. Pelinovsky Hamiltonian Methods in PT-symmetric Systems
2017 Oumar Mbodji T. Pirvu Time Consistent Behaviour and Discount Rates
2017 Nkumbuludzi Ndwapi P. McNicholas Robust Discriminant Analysis with Asymmetric Classes
2017 Diogo Pocas J. Zucker Analog Computablility in Differential Equations
2017 Sayantee Jana J. Hamid
N. Balakrishnan
Inference for Generalized Multivariance Analysis of Variance (GMANOVA) models and High-dimensional Extensions
2017 Chengwei Qin N. Balakrishnan The First Passage Time of Degradation Processes
2017 Sandip Barui N. Balakrishnan Cure Rate and Destructive Cure Rate Models Under Proportional Hazards Lifetime Distributions
2017 Alessandro Selvitella N. Balakrishnan Some Contributions to Distribution Theory and Applications
2017 Yuhong Wei P. McNicholas Extending Growth Mixture Models and Handling Missing Values via Mixtures of Non-Elliptical Distributions
2017 Kirill Mayorov N. Balakrishnan Validation and Inferential Methods for Distributional Form and Shape
2017 Yang Tang P. McNicholas Dimensionality Reduction in Non-Gaussian Mixtures
2017 Monica Wong P. McNicholas Topics in One-Way Supervised Biclustering Using Gaussian Mixture Models
2017 Quentin Shao T. Hurd Models for Systemic Risk
2017 Lindsay White H. Boden & A. Nicas Alexander Invariants of Periodic Virtual Knots
2016 Hossein Taghinejad D. Haskell Bounding the Decay of P-Adic Oscillatory Integrals with a Constructible Amplitude Function and a Subanalytic Phase Function
2016 Amay Cheam P. McNicholas Mixture Models for ROC Curve and Spatio-Temporal Clustering
2016 Lauren DeDieu M. Harada Newton-Okounkov Bodies of Bott Samelson and Peterson Varieties
2016 Yusuke Shimabukuro D. Pelinovsky Stability and Well-posedness in Integrable Nonlinear Evolution Equations
2016 Hon Yiu So N. Balakrishnan Some Inferential Results for One-Shot Device Testing Data Analysis
2016 Paula Murray P. McNicholas Detecting Non-Elliptical Clusters
2016 Adrien Thierry A. Deza Novel Structural Properties and Improved Bound for Distinct Squares in Strings
2016 Chai Molina D. Earn The good, the finite and the infinite
2015 Matthew Luther B. Hart Unbounded Continuous Logic and Metric Geometry
2015 Alexandra Teslya G. Wolkowicz Predator-Prey Models with Distributed Time Delay
2015 Dan Quach F. Hoppe A Statistical Framework for Distinguishing Between Aleatory and Epistemic Uncertainties in the Best-Estimate Plus Uncertainty (BEPU) Nuclear Safety Analyses
2015 Sara Alzaid L. Bronsard Gamma convergence results in high magnetic fields for superconducting thin film with holes and Ginzburg-Landau Models for superconductors with normal inclusions.
2015 Xiaojun Zhu N. Balakrishnan Inference for Birnbaum-Saunders, Laplace and Some Related Distributions under Censored Data
2014 Chris Cappadocia A. Nicas Large scale dimension theory of metric spaces
2014 Diego Ayala B. Protas Extreme Vortex States and Singularity Formation in Incompressible Flows
2014 Ick Huh R. Viveros-Aguilera Optimal Monitoring Models for Univariate and Multivariate EWMA Control Charts 
2014 Xingli Wei  F. Hoppe Parameter Estimation and Prediction Interval Construction for Location-Scale Models with Nuclear Applications
2013 Youzhou Zhou S. Feng Asymptotic Theory for Three Infinite Dimensional Diffusion Processes 
2013 Suvra Pal N. Balakrishnan Likelihood -Based Inferential Methods for some Flexible Cure Rate Models 
2013 Qi Gao S. Alama Solutions of a Two-Component Ginzburg-Landau System
2013 Jizhan Hong D. Haskell Immediate expansion by valuation of fields
2013 Bernardo Reis Carneiro
da Costa Lima
M. Grasselli The Dynamical Systems Approach to Macroeconomics
2013 Nima Anvari I. Hambleton Equivariant Gauge Theory and Four-Manifolds
2013 Anton Sakovich D. Pelinovsky Nonlinear waves in weakly-coupled lattices
2012 Man Ho Ling N. Balakrishnan Inference for One-Shot Device Testing Data
2012 Debanjan Mitra N. Balakrishnan Likelihood Inference For Left Truncated and Right Censored Lifetime Data
2012 Feng Su N. Balakrishnan Exact likelihood inference for multiple exponential populations under joint censoring
2012 Reza Taleb M. Kolster An Equivariant Main Conjecture in Iwasawa Theory and the Coates-Sinnott Conjecture
2012 Fang Xu S. Feng Stochastic Models Associated with the Two-Parameter Poisson-Dirichlet Distribution
2011 Jean-Martin Albert B. Hart Strong conceptual completeness and various stability-theoretic results in continuous model theory
2011 George Dragomir H. Boden On the Existence of Closed Geodesics on Compact Developable Orbifolds
2011 Xiaoye Fu J. Gabardo Some applications of self-affine sets to wavelet theory
2011 Jonah Horowitz M. Valeriote Results on the Computational Complexity of Linear Idempotent Mal’cev Conditions
2011 Olga Krylova D. Earn Predicting transition dynamics of infectious diseases via mathematical modeling
2011 William Volterman N. Balakrishnan On Some Inferential Aspects for Type-II and Progressively Type-II Censoring
2011 Zhuowei Zhou T. Hurd Understanding the Capital Structure of a Firm Through Market Prices
2010 Elena Alexandru-Gajura M. Grasselli Utility Indifference Valuation of Life Insurance Risks
2010 Dezhong Chen M. Wang Bundle Construction of Einstein Manifolds
2010 Meng Fai Lim R. Sharifi Duality over p-adic Lie extensions of global fields
2010 Colin Reid A. Rosa Special Block-Colourings of Steiner 2-Designs
2009 Guihong Fan G. Wolkowicz Predator-Prey Models With Discrete Time Delay
2009 Laurel Miller-Sims D. Haskell Definite Forms in Valued Fields
2009 Xuan Zhang N. Balakrishnan Exact Analysis of Exponential Two-Component System Failure Data
2008 Marina Chugunova D. Pelinovsky Spectral Stability Of Nonlinear Waves In Dynamical Systems
2008 Donghoon (David) Han N. Balakrishnan Some Contributions to Inferential Issues of Censored Exponential Failure Data
2008 Qiuping Lu S. Alama Compact Support and Dead Cores for Stationary Degenerate Diffusion Equations
2008 Eissa Nematollahi T. Terlaky Worst-Case Examples of Interior-Point Trajectories
2008 Mehmetcik Pamuk I. Hambleton Homotopy Self-Equivalences of Four-Manifolds
2008 Semra Pamuk I. Hambleton Periodic Resolution and Finite Group Actions
2008 Bradley Wagner D. Earn Modeling Vaccination Strategies for the Control and Eradication of Childhood Infectious Disease
2008 Zhenbin Yan W. Craig Birkhoff Normal Forms for the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation
2008 Chuang Yi T. Hurd Three Essays on Credit Risk Modeling
2008 Xingqiu Zhao N. Balakrishnan New Nonparametric Tests for Panel Count Data
2007 Jens Corsman M. Kolster Redei Symbols and Governing Fields
2007 Imre Polik T. Terlaky Nonstandard Duality Concepts in Conic and Quadratic Optimization
2007 Scott Rodney E. Sawyer Existence of Weak Solutions to Subelliptic Partial Differential Equations in Divergence Form and the Necessity of the Sobolev and Poincaré Inequalities
2007 Yongmin Yu R. Viveros-Aguilera Some Contributions to Statistical Process Control
2006 Jahrul Alam N. Kevlahan A Space-Time Adaptive Wavelet Method for Turbulence.
2006 Sergio Fratarcangeli P. Speissegger Rolle leaves and o-minimal structures
2006 Daihai He D. Earn Modeling of Childhood Infectious Diseases
2006 Maziar Salahi T. Terlaky New Adaptive Interior Point Algorithms for Linear Optimization
2006 Qihao Xie N. Balakrishnan Exact inference for step-stress model under different forms of censoring
2005 Ross Griffiths M. Kolster A Genus Formula for Etale Hilbert Kernels in a Cyclic p-Power Extension
2005 Tao Li N. Balakrishnan Ordered Ranked Set Samples and Applications to Statistical Inference
2005 Lucian Savin I. Hambleton P.A. Smith Theory for Coarse Homology
2005 Xiaojiang Yu J. Gabardo Wavelet Sets, Integral Self-Affine Tiles and Nonuniform Multiresolution Analyses
2004 Jeong-Ae Kim N. Balakrishnan Inferential Methods for Censored Bivariate Normal Data
2004 Po Yang N. Balakrishnan Indicator Polynomial Functions and their Applications in Two-level Factorial Designs
2003 Mihail Tanase I. Hambleton Smooth Finite Group Actions on Definite 4-Manifolds Inducing Permutations on Homology
2003 Ping Wu S. Feng Financial Filtering and Model Calibration
2002 Hon Keung Tony Ng N. Balakrishnan Contributions to Parametric and Nonparametric Inference in Life Testing
2002 Ion Rada M. Kolster The Lichtenbaum Conjecture at the Prime 2
2002 Jessie Qi Zhou N. Balakrishnan Inferential Methods for Extreme Value Regression Models
2001 Robert Smith G. Wolkowicz Impulsive Differential Equations with Applications to Self-Cycling Fermentation
1999 David Dolan A. El-Shaarawi Spatial Statistics using Quasi-Likelihood Methods with Applications
1999 Yimin Ma N. Balakrishnan Bayesian and Emperical Bayesian Analysis for the Truncation Parameter Distribution Families
1998 Alison J. Burnham R. Viveros-Aguilera
J.F. MacGregor
Multivariate Latent Variable Regression: Modelling and Estimation
1998 Shan Liang Sheng N. Balakrishnan Classical and Bayesian Approaches to Nonlinear Models Based on Human in vivo Cadmium Data
1998 Robert Nikola Stamicar J. Chadam A Free Boundary Problem Modelling Zoning in Rocks
1997 Spira Daoussis G. Wolkowicz Complicated Dynamics of a Three Species Chemostat Food Chain
1997 Lu-Qi Wang E. Sawyer Pseudo-Differential Operators with Rough Coefficients
1996 Rebecca Ann Adams G. Moore The History of Metrization in Early General Topology
1996 Rita Aggarwalla N. Balakrishnan Progressive Censoring and Generalized Distributions
1996 Changsheng Chen J. Chadam Bioremediation in a Porous Medium: Modelling Theory and Applications
1996 Aaron Childs N. Balakrishnan Advances in Statistical Inference and Outlier Related Issues
1996 Eric Derbez G. Slade The Scaling Limit of Lattice Trees above Eight Dimensions
1996 Franco Guerriero B. Mueller Uniform Modules Over Goldie Prime Serial Rings
1996 Jeffrey Hooper V.P. Snaith Some Families of Quaternion Fields and the Second Chinburg Conjecture
1996 Minh Van Tran V.P. Snaith The Second Chinburg Conjecture for Quarternion Fields
1996 Jun Wang M. Wang Einstein Metrics on Bundles
1996 Sichun Wang H. Heinig Maximal Estimates of Solutions to Dispersive Partial Differential Equations
1996 Christian Weber I. Hambleton Gauge Theory on Nonorientable Four-Manifolds
1995 Mary Margaret Ballyk G. Wolkowicz Mathematical Models Involving Multiple Resource Limitation
1995 Boris Brauckmann M. Kolster Etale K-Theory and Iwasawa Theory of Number Fields
1995 Suyun Chen A. Pierce Well-posedness and Wavelet-based Approximations for Hypersingular Integral Quotations
1995 Michael Klemm I. Hambleton Finite Group Actions on Smooth 4-Manifolds with Indefinite Intersection Forms
1995 L. L. Menaka Lelwala B. Mueller Uniform Modules over Serial Rings
1995 Sean Milosevic-Hill M. Tiku Non-Normal Analysis of Variance and Regression Procedures Based on Modified Maximum Likelihood Estimators
1995 Tarit Kanti Saha A. El-Shaarawi Lagrance Multiplier Tests of Autoregressive Models
1994 Dalibor Froncek A. Rosa Decompositions of Complete Multipartite Graphs and Group Divisible Designs into Isomorphic Factors
1993 Ping Shin Ben Chan N. Balakrishnan A Statistical Study of Log-Gamma Distribution
1993 Brian McCudden V.P. Snaith Explicit Brauer Induction and Shintani Descent
1993 Monica A. Oravas A. Rosa On the Existence of Almost Uniform Linear Spaces
1992 Anneliese Schauerte B. Banaschewski Biframes
1992 Nabil Shalaby A. Rosa Skolem Sequences: Generalizations and Applications
1991 Rohan Ambagaspitiya N. Balakrishnan MML Estimators and Robust Classification and Linear Regression Procedures
1991 Xiangdong Chen B. Banaschewski Closed Frame Homomorphisms
1991 John Harding G. Bruns Sheaves of Orthomodular Lattices and MacNeille Completions
1990 Greg Schlitt B. Banaschewski N-Compact Frames and Applications
1990 Ying-Lan Zhang B. Mueller Ore Localizations and Irreducible Representations of the First Weyl Algebra
1989 Janine Elizabeth Carter A. Rosa Designs on Cubic Multigraphs
1989 Pramod K Das A. Rosa Almost Selfcomplementary Graphs and Extensions
1989 Richard Squire B. Banaschewski Presheaf Toposes and Propositional Logic
1987 A.K. Gaur T. Husain Relative Numerical Ranges of Elements of Banach and L.M.C.-Algebras
1987 Abdul Latif T. Husain Fixed Points of Nonexpansive Type Multivalued Maps
1987 Gordon Sinnamon E. Sawyer Operators on Lebesgue Spaces with General Measures
1986 Salah Abbas
Ahmed Emara
H. Heinig Mixed Weighted Inequalities for Classes of Operators
1986 Mahmoud Ahmed Kamal-Eldeen B. Mueller Modules in which Complements are Summands
1985 S.T. El-Helaly T. Husain Topological Algebras with Orthogonal M-bases
1985 Michael S. Roddy G. Bruns Varieties of Modular Ortholattices
1984 Maria Luisa Torres De Squire J. Stewart Amalgams of L^p and l^q
1983 Kiran Bhutani B. Banaschewski Abelian Groups in a Topos of Sheaves on a Locale
1983 Chung Je Cho A. Rosa Combinatorial Designs with Prescribed Automorphism Types
1983 David G. Poole B. Mueller Prime Ideals and Localization in Noetherian ore Extensions
1982 Willem G. Jansen B. Mueller Bounded Noetherian Prime Rings of Injective Dimension One
1981 Donna Marie Carr D.H. Pelletier Ineffability Properties of Pk?
1981 Gena Hahn A. Rosa Directed Hypergraphs: The Group of Their Composition
1980 Mohammad Mehdi Ebrahimi B. Banaschewski Algebra in a Topos of Sheaves
1980 Syed Mohammad Tariq Rizvi B. Mueller Contributions to the Theory of Continuous Modules
1980 Nagwa A.E.H. Sherif Z. Kovarik Transformation and Perturbation of Subspaces of a Banach Space
1980 John Albert Tiller B. Banaschewski Continuous Lattices and Convexity Theory
1979 John Scott Bradley H. Heinig Weighted Norm Inequalities and Homogeneous Spaces
1979 John Christian Royle B. Mueller Prime Ideals in Rings Satisfying Polynomial Identities
1979 Lucille Lu Kow Zing I. Chorneyko K-Sample Analogues of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic and Binomial Group Tests
1978 Catharine Anne Baker N. Lane Ordered Hjelmslev Planes
1978 Chee-Chong Lai B. Mueller Localization in Non-Noetherian Rings
1978 Wan-Meng Ong T. Husain Continuity of Positive Functionals and Representations
1978 Lothar Hermann Redlin T. Davison Hosszu’s Functional Equation
1978 Davis Vaughan H. Heinig The Marcinkeiwicz Interpolation Theorem
1978 Saleem H. Watson T. Husain Topological Algebras with Bases
1977 Quang Chu Le T. Husain Perurbations of Semi-Fredholm Operators in Locally Convex Topological Vector Spaces
1977 Sang Shin Lee B. Banaschewski Relative Adjointness and Preservation of Non-Existing Limits
1977 Manuel Lopez (Rodriguez) C. Billigheimer Matrix and B*-Algebra Eigenfunction Expansions
1977 Roderick N.S. Macdonald B. Mueller Dualities Between Finitely Closed Subcategories of Modules
1977 Young Soo Park T. Choe Ordered Topological Spaces and Topological Semilattices
1977 Ronald Richards B. Mueller Noetherian Prime Rings of Krull Dimension One
1976 Mary Elizabeth McLeish (Deutsch) A. Rosa On the Number of Conjugates of Ternary Quasigroups
1976 A. Srinivasan T. Husain Numerical Ranges of Elements of Topological Algebras
1975 Jaung Liang T. Husain Frechet Algebras with Schauder Bases
1975 Joseph Mogyorosy R. Lintz Covering Dimension and the Modeling Distribution
1974 Jag Mohan Singh Chawla M. Behara Entropies and the Isomorphism Problem for Bernoulli Shifts
1974 Young Hee Hong T. Choe Studies on Categories of Universal Topological Algebras
1974 Charlotte Hsiao Huang A. Rosa On Some Classes of Balanced Graph Designs
1974 M.K. Islam M. Behara Random Secants and Rays of Some Convex Geometrical Shapes
1974 Srinivasapur Mir Khaleelulla T. Husain Ordered Topological Vector Spaces and Groups
1974 Kenneth McDowell B. Mueller Commutative Coherent Rings
1974 Domenico Rosa T. Husain On Locally M-Convex Function Algebras
1974 Shaukat Ali Warsi T. Husain Bounded Pseudo-Complete Locally Convex *-Algebras
1974 Muhammad S. Younis J. Stewart Fourier Transforms of Lipschitz Functions On Compact Groups
1973 Sung Sa Hong B. Banaschewski Studies in Categorical Topology
1973 Christopher Robert Howlett B. Banaschewski Universal Algebra in Topoi
1973 Ramon Antonio Mirabal R. Lintz g-Derivatives and Gauss Structures on Differentiable Manifolds
1973 J. Rompke E. Behrens Partially Ordered, Primitive Regular Semigroups
1972 Vincent Buonomano R. Lintz Non-Deterministic Analysis and Differential Equations
1972 Octavio Garcia Rodriguez T. Choe Partially Ordered Topological Spaces
1972 Sung-Jae Lee C. Billigheimer Ordinary Linear Differential Operators with Complex Coefficients
1972 Milos Novotny C. Billigheimer Integration and Laplace Transformation of Orthogonal Series
1971 Frank Paul Bozel T. Husain Bases and Cones in Locally Convex Spaces
1971 James Stanley Drake N. Lane Regular Sets, Scalar Multiplications and Abstractions of Distance Spaces
1971 John Girhiny R. Lintz Generalized Fibre Spaces
1971 Douglass Lloyd Grant T. Husain The Open Mapping and Closed Graph Theorem in Topological Groups and Semigroups
1971 Meera Gupta N. Lane Characteristics and Order for Polynomial Differentiability
1971 Vasagamoorthi Krishnasamy T. Husain On the Closed Graph and Open Mapping Theorem
1971 Joseph Wilson Lorimer N. Lane Hjelmslev Planes and Toplogical Hjelmslev Planes
1971 Shu-Bun Ng T. Husain On the Positive and Multiplicative Linear Functionals
1971 Gary Roy Spoar N. Lane An Analysis of Curves of Minimal Order as Regards the Type and Number of Singular Points
1970 Alan Richard Day G. Bruns Injectivity in Congruence Distributive Equational Classes of Algebras
1970 Donald Eugene Eastman B. Banaschewski Universal Topological and Uniform Algebra
1970 Denis Arthur Higgs G.O. Sabidussi Matroids on Complete Boolean Algebras
1970 Arnold Victor Jansen R. Lintz Some Mapping and Homological Properties of g-Functions
1970 Evelyn M. Nelson G. Bruns The Lattice of Equational Classes of Commutative Semigroups
1969 Barry Ward Fawcett G.O. Sabidussi Graphs and Ultrapowers
1968 James Arthur Gerhard G. Bruns The Lattice of Equational Classes of Idempotent Semigroups
1968 William Henson Graves G.O. Sabidussi Representation Theory of Partially Ordered Vector Spaces
1968 Young Lim Park B. Banaschewski Quotient-Like Extensions of Rings of Function
1967 Donald Winston Trevor Bean G.O. Sabidussi Infinite Exchange Systems
1967 Ernest Robert Bishop B. Banaschewski Generalized Lipschitz Algebras
1967 In Young Chung B. Banaschewski Universal Algebra Complexes, Extensions and Integral Elements
1967 Hoshang Pesotan Doctor G. Bruns Extensions of a Partially Ordered Set
1967 Donald J. Miller G. Sabidussi Products and Factorizations of Graphs
1967 Roger Philip Rigelhof T. Husain The Measure of Algebra of a Locally Compact Group
1966 John Williford Duskin G. Bruns Fibred Categories and the Theory of Structures
1966 Gabriel Klambauer G.O. Sabidussi On Semi-Definite Forms in Analysis
1966 Awadesh Kumar Tiwary B. Banaschewski Injective Hulls of Modules
1964 Krishna Tewari B. Banaschewski Complexes over an Algebra
1963 Angus Carmichael Kerr-Lawson B. Banaschewski A Filter Description for the Homomorphisms of the Algebra of Bounded Analytic Functions on the Unit Disc
1960 John Christopher Taylor B. Banaschewski Functions, Uniformaties and Extension Spaces