User:Alfred Vella

Hi I am Alfred Vella

This page is ‘in the making’ and will probably always be in that state.

If you want to leave a message please do so in the ‘Message’ section. If you want to contact me privately then my contact details are at the end of this page.

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Biography[edit]

I was born in Birmingham in 1952 of Maltese parents, hence the name, which is one of the most common family names in Malta.

I have a number of passions which I probably pursue – well too passionately for some. The most mentionable are:

Justice for staff and students of Luton ‘University’ (now the 'University' of Bedfordshire), Computing, Mathematics, Horticulture and Politics

Computing[edit]

My main computing research area was Artificial Intelligence but I have also published in User Interfaces and Computer Applications.

Mathematics[edit]

My PhD is in pure mathematics, presentations of groups and in particular ‘small cancellation theory’. The sort of problems in that area that I looked solving the word problem, malnormality and ‘obvious presentations’.

Fibonacci numbers and Pythagorean triples. A series of papers on these subjects have been published.

Horticulture[edit]

I grow lots of things. I like to eat what I grow so I grow figs, grapes and most of the top and soft fruit family. In 2006 we had our first decent crop of apricots, peaches, necarines and mulberries!

For sentimental reasons I like the Himalayan Nutmeg (a sort of honeysuckle) and Tamarix (tamarisk) plants.