About the Authors

Faiz G. Awad

Affiliation Department of Pure & Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sandile Motsa

sandilemotsa@gmail.com

Affiliation School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

Melusi Khumalo

Affiliation Department of Pure & Applied Mathematics, University of Johannesburg, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FA. Analyzed the data: SM FA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FA MK SM. Wrote the paper: FA SM. Provided financial support: MK.