Qaiser Mushtaq Scientist

Qaiser Mushtaq (born 28 February 1954), (D.Phil.(Oxon), ASA, KIA), is a prominent Pakistani mathematician and academic who has made numerous contributions in the field of Group theory and Semigroup. He is a Professor of Mathematics, and Dean Faculty of Natural sciences at the Quaid-i-Azam University of Islamabad. Mushtaq is one of the leading mathematicians and educationists in Pakistan. Through his research and writings, he has exercised a profound influence on Mathematics in Pakistan. Mushtaq is an Honorary Full Professor at the Mathematics Division of the Institute for Basic Research, Florida, USA.His research contributions in the fields of group theory and LA-semigroup Theory have won him recognition at both national and international levels. In Graham Higman's words, "he has laid the foundation of coset diagrams for the modular group", to study the actions of groups on various spaces and projective lines over Galois fields. This work has been cited in the Encyclopedia of Design Theory.

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 28, 1954
Birth place
Pakistan , Sheikhupura
Nationality
Pakistani people
Citizenship
Pakistan
Residence
Pakistan , Islamabad
Education
University of Oxford
Quaid-i-Azam University
University of the Punjab
Known for
Group theory

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academic advisor
awards
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
Abdus Salam Award
doctoral advisor
Graham Higman
Field of study
Mathematics

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