Nasser Saad, University of Prince Edward Island

Research

asymptotic iteration method supersymmetric quantum mechanics quasi-exact solvability exceptional orthogonal polynomials singular potentials quantum hamiltonians heun and hypergeometric differential equations integrable systems

Latest papers

Asymptotic iteration method for solving Hahn difference equations.
Advances in difference equations · 2021
Calculation of generalized Hubbell rectangular source integral.
Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine · 2011 · senior author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Bridging Analysis and Physics via Asymptotic Iteration Method and Special Functions
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$35,000
Old and New, and many things in-between: Perspectives on theoretical physics and special functions
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$30,000
AARMS (Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences)
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$283,760

All 7 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Asymptotic iteration method for solving Hahn difference equations.

MacQuarrie L, Saad N, Islam MS

Advances in difference equations2021

DOI: 10.1186/s13662-021-03511-9 PMID: 34759965

02

Calculation of generalized Hubbell rectangular source integral.

Murley J, Saad N

Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine2011Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.07.018 PMID: 20724172

Bridging Analysis and Physics via Asymptotic Iteration Method and Special Functions

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Saad, Nasser

Keywords: asymptotic iteration method; supersymmetric quantum mechanics; quasi-exact solvability; exceptional orthogonal polynomials; singular potentials; quantum hamiltonians; heun and hypergeometric differential equations; integrable systems; sturm-liouville equations; special functions

$35,000

Old and New, and many things in-between: Perspectives on theoretical physics and special functions

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Development Grant

Principal investigators: Saad, Nasser

$30,000

AARMS (Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences)

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Institutes Support Grants Bridge Funding Opportunity

Principal investigators: Seahra, Sanjeev

$283,760

Developing Special Functions tools for contemporary problems in physics

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Saad, Nasser

$132,000

Bridging supersymmetric quantum mechanics, Heun's equation and the asymptotic iteration method

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Saad, Nasser

$114,750

Quantum hamiltonians eigenvalue problems and special functions

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Saad, Nasser

$39,520

Singular potentials and spectral approximation methods

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Saad, Nasser

$32,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: asymptotic iteration method Dear Professor Saad, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Asymptotic iteration method for solving Hahn difference equations." (2021), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Bridging Analysis and Physics via Asymptotic Iteration Method and Special Functions" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]