Faculty of Science, Fouad I University

Abstract

THE annual for 1944–45 of the Faculty of Science, Cairo, gives a brief work in progress, with lists of and titles of theses for which degrees in Bence were awarded. In the Department of Appftied Mathematics, R. H. Makkar has completed a thesis on “Series of Polynomials”, and M. Tolba is investigating the question of two points expansion of functions, while in the Department of Applied Mathematics, Prof. M. A. Omara is engaged on determining the velocity potential of the fluid motion induced by a cylinder moving in an infinite mass of compressible fluid, and Dr. Hammad is still investigating the passage of sunlight through the atmosphere. In the Department of Physics, Prof. Fahmy has continued his work on the relativity of the electron and proton, in addition to supervising investigations on molecular polarization of vapours at different temperatures, electron polarization, electron diffraction and the viscosity of gases. Other work, under Dr. Mokhtar, has covered the scattering of supersonics, the measurement of absorption coefficients by acoustic materials and the tone qualities of musical instruments. The Meteorological Section has investigated matters connected with rainfall, sea-breezes, thunderstorms, floods in Egypt and north-east winds in the Nile Delta, while the Electronics Section has studied secondary emission, electron reflexion, X-ray analysis and Young's modulus.