Amos Kituku Mutua

Mr. Amos Kituku Mutua,

Assistant Lecturer
  • Master of Science in Pure Mathematics.
  • Tutorial Fellow.
  • School of Science Technology and Engineering;
  • Department of Mathematics Physics and Computer Science

Biography

Amos Kituku Mutua is a dedicated mathematician and lecturer specializing in Pure Mathematics, with a focused research interest in Group Theory. He holds a Master of Science in Pure Mathematics from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU).

He is currently advancing his expertise through a Doctor of Philosophy in Pure Mathematics (Group Theory) under the prestigious DAAD scholarship. Mr. Mutua is a passionate educator committed to imparting knowledge in advanced mathematical concepts and fostering a research-oriented environment within the department. His research aims to contribute significant insights to the field of abstract algebra.

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Pure Mathematics (ongoing), Moi University. Thesis: Combinatorial Properties, Invariants and Structures Associated with the Action of the Direct Product of the Symmetric Group by the Alternating Group on the Cartesian Product of Sets of $r$-Element Subsets of Disjoint Sets.
  • Masters of Science in Pure Mathematics, November, 2018, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. Thesis: Combinatorial Properties, Invariants and Structures of the Actions of some Products of some Permutation groups
  • Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, 2015, South Eastern Kenya University.
  • Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, 2010, St. Luke’s Yatta Secondary School.

Publications

  • Mutua, A. K., Nyaga, L. N., & Gachimu, R. K. (2018). On Combinatorial Properties, Invariants and Structures of the Action of S_n×A_n on X×Y. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR).
  • Mutua, A.K., Nyaga, L.N., & Gachimu, R.K. (2021). On Combinatorial Properties, Invariants and Structures of the Action of A_n×A_n on X×Y. Kiriri Women University of Science and Technology.

Research Interests

Finite Group Theory and Classification90%
Properties and Generalizations of Nilpotent and Solvable Groups70%
Representation Theory of Finite Groups100%
Applications of Group Theory in Cryptography and Coding Theory95%
• Computational Group Theory93%