Position : Lecturer
Telephone : 035 902
Email : mzimelal@unizulu.ac.za
Office : Maths Department , Science Building, KwaDlangezwa Campus
Biography:
Ms Mzimela is the Lecturer in the Mathematical Sciences Department in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering at the University of Zululand. She holding a Master of Science in
Mathematics (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and currently pursuing
a PhD in Mathematics. She is lecturing undergraduate and Honours-level pure mathematics at the
University of Zululand Department of Mathematical Sciences.
Lecture ‘s the following modules:
- 4MTH321 (Real Analysis)
- 4MTH221 (Advanced Calculus)
- 4MTH505 (Topology)
- 4AMT122 (Further Discrete Mathematics)
- 4MTH506 (Functional Analysis
Qualifications:
BSc (Astronomy and Mathematics)(UKZN), BScHons (Mathematics)(UKZN), MSc (Mathematics)(UKZN)
Research interests:
Current Interest:
- Her current academic interests lie in the field of nonlinear analysis, with a particular focus on fixed point theory and its applications to optimization and variational inequalities. She is especially interested in the development and analysis of iterative methods, including improved subgradient–extragradient methods for solving quasimonotone variational inequality problems. Her work seeks to contribute to advancing the theoretical foundations of these methods while also exploring their efficiency, convergence properties, and potential applications in mathematics and optimization.
Past Projects:
A new relaxed Tseng Method for solving common solutions of a fixed point and split
monotone inclusion problems with application in the framework of Hilbert spaces, L.
Mzimela, A. Maharaj, A.A. Mebawondu, C. Izuchukwu and O.K. Narain, Nonlinear
Functional Analysis and Applications, Volume no. 29 (1) (2024) Pages 225 – 258.
A New Relaxed Inertial Method for Solving Monotone Inclusion Problem, L. Mzimela, A.A.
Mebawondu, C. Izuchukwu and O.K. Narain, Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo
Series 2. (RCPM), Volume no. 74 Article no. 72 (2025), 19 pp. [Published]
Iterative Algorithms for Solving Fixed Point Problems and Variational Inequalities, L.
Mzimela, S. Davids, A.Y. Bakare, O.D. Olutunde, A.A. Mebawondu and O.K. Narain,
Palestine Journal of Mathematics. [Under review]