Dr. Tina Harriott

Email: tina.harriott@msvu.ca
Phone: 902-457-6345
Office: EV363

RESEARCH AREA

General Relativity (Einstein’s gravitational theory)

SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS

T. A. Harriott, J. G. Williams submitted to General Relativity and Gravitation, (2017)

“Three-variable solution in the (2+1)-dimensional null-surface formulation”.

T. A. Harriott, J. G. Williams proceedings of the 14th Marcel Grossman conference, held

at the University of Rome Sapienza, Italy July 12 – 18, 2015. “Exact Solution in the 3+1 null surface formulation”.

T. A. Harriott, J. G. Williams General Relativity and Gravitation, 46, 1665-1675 (2014)

“Solution for the null-surface formulation of general relativity in 2+1 dimensions”.

T. A. Harriott, J. G. Williams proceedings of the 11th Marcel Grossman Conference on General Relativity (MG11), held at the University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, July 20-26, 2006. “Euler Numbers on Cobordant Hypersurfaces”

T. A. Harriott, J.G. Williams, Il Nuovo Cimento B, 120, N.9. 915- 930, 2005. “Degree of Mapping for General Relativistic Kinks”.

CREDENTIALS

1991: Ph.D. Mathematics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Thesis Title: Kinks in General Relativity.

1979: M.Sc. Astronomy, Sussex University, Brighton, England.

Thesis Title: A Study of Solar Differential Rotation.

1977: B.A.(Cantab.) Mathematics, Cambridge University, England

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

1984 – PRESENT: Full time faculty Mathematics and Computer Studies Department at Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Current Rank: Associate Professor.

COURSES TAUGHT

In Mathematics

Introductory Calculus

Intermediate Calculus

Ordinary Differential Equations

Partial Differential Equations

Complex Analysis

Real Analysis

Introductory Relativity and Tensor Analysis

In Physics

General Physics

Astronomy

Electricity and Magnetism

Modern Physics

Optics

RECENT UNIVERSITY SERVICE

2014 – present: Department of Mathematics, Department Chair.

2016 – present: University Budget Committee

2017- present: Senate

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Elected member of the IAU (International Astronomical Union) 2018.

President, Truro Flying Club, 2002 – 2008.

Elected Fellow the Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain, 1980.