{"id":540,"date":"2008-09-14T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2008-09-14T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upvarrons.org\/wp_tudla\/?p=540"},"modified":"2016-10-12T10:10:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T17:10:14","slug":"jean-on-mathematical-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upvarrons.org\/wp_tudla\/jean-on-mathematical-theories\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean on mathematical theories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jean Loyola (Batch &#8220;Age Doesn&#8217;t Matter&#8221;) is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Ba\u00f1os. She obtained her BS Applied Mathematics and MS Mathematics from the same university in 1986 and 1991, respectively. In 1996, she obtained her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Monash University in Australia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-overflow:visible;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div style=\"width: 145px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jean Loyola\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upvarrons.org\/Images\/JeanLoyola.jpg?resize=135%2C203&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jean\" width=\"135\" height=\"203\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Can you describe to us how you ended up in the field of theoretical mathematics?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nI was a BS Forest Products Engineering student when I took Math 1 (now called Math 11) under Mr. Ben Baranuelo. He said that I have a better future in mathematics and he encouraged me to shift to the B.S. Math or Applied Math program. I guess i believed him and math has always been my favorite subject so I shifted to BS Applied Math. After graduation, I was hired as a mathematics instructor in UPLB. As a requirement, I had to take my master\u2019s in math after a year. A year before I finished my MS Math in UPLB, our then IMSP Director nominated me to an MS-Ph.D. Mathematical Programming scholarship in Australia. I luckily got it. But when I was doing my MS thesis in Australia, the Math Department Head told me that I should be in theoretical math and not in mathematical programming. The Math Division head <div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last fusion-column-no-min-height\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\">[at IMSP] was very supportive of me shifting to theoretical mathematics. The rest is history.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>In early 2005, Lawrence H. Summers, who was forced to resign as Harvard&#8217;s president the following year, sparked a controversy when he said during an academic conference that the innate differences between men and women might be one reason fewer women succeed in math and science. Do you believe that such innate difference exists? What is your reaction to the stereotype that females are disinclined to excel in the field of mathematics?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nI strongly disagree with what he said. Men and women, I believe , are equally capable of succeeding in math and science. But when a mathematician, whether male or female, settles down and does not get enough support\/help to raise his\/her family then that\u2019s when the problem comes in. You can not simply leave your child and household chores unattended just to do mathematics.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>When you were awarded the Outstanding Young Scientist Award by the National Academy of Science and Technology in the Philippines, the citation reads that you are the only semigroup theorist in the Philippines. Is that distinction still true today? How does it feel having such distinction?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nYes but it\u2019s no big deal really. Monash University was very strong in semigroup theory when I was a student there. The then head of the math department who encouraged me to shift to theoretical math is a semigroup theorist himself and was my Ph.D dissertation adviser. If I am the only semigroup theorist in the Philippines, it\u2019s just because no other Filipino mathematician wants to go to that field of math.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>In \u201cplain English,\u201d can you describe what a semigroup theorist does, the subject of your research and the mathematical questions that you are trying to answer and why they are important? Do you find it difficult to explain to a non-mathematics person what you are doing? How often do you get an \u201caha\u201d moment or \u201cnow I understand\u201d kind of response?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThis is hard. A semigroup theorist just like any mathematician makes conjectures on a topic of his choice and attempts to prove them. If you succeed then the conjectures become your theorems. Otherwise, you try to look for a counter-example. If you can not find any counter-example, then the problem remains open. It should not be difficult to explain to a non-math person what I\u2019m doing but I&#8217;m afraid that that person may not have the time to learn the basic terms and theorems in semigroup theory. But as I have believed and told my students, everything can be learned.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Mathematical conjectures are statements that appear to be true (and most likely be true) but remain to be proven. Why is there a need for a proof for conjectures? If given the opportunity, which of the mathematical conjectures would you like to pursue? And why?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nWhether in math or other fields of study, one should not and can not simply believe a conjecture. A proof is necessary for one to say that a conjecture is true. With regards to mathematical conjectures that I want to pursue, I haven\u2019t thought about it since teaching in UP has been consuming a lot of my time.<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>You have been awarded Teacher of the Year several times in the University of the Philippines. Which do you enjoy more: teaching or thinking solutions to your mathematical questions?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jean with Math Dept staff\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upvarrons.org\/Images\/JeanLoyola-MathDept.jpg?resize=385%2C290&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jean (4th from left) with some of the academic staff members of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics MSP, UP Los Ba\u00f1os. \" width=\"385\" height=\"290\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean (4th from left) with some of the academic staff members of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics MSP, UP Los Ba\u00f1os.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Correction please, I only got the UPLB Outstanding Teaching Award in the Physical Sciences once. I enjoy both but I enjoy teaching more. Most mathematicians work in isolation because there\u2019s so much thinking involved. Nothing I guess can be more interesting than being with students as you mentor them and make them love and enjoy mathematics more. It is also more rewarding when you see your students learn and appreciate you as their teacher. For one, only a mathematician can appreciate the work of another mathematician and there are very few mathematicians around. There are so many math teachers but they are not necessarily mathematicians.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jean with MIF fellows in Hiroshima, Japan.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upvarrons.org\/Images\/JeanLoyola-MIF_Fellows_Hiroshima.jpg?resize=385%2C289&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jean with MIF fellows in Hiroshima, Japan.\" width=\"385\" height=\"289\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean with MIF fellows in Hiroshima, Japan.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Your middle name is Oesmer. Do people ask you if it is an unusual\/uncommon Filipino surname? Do you know what it means? <\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nMost people ask me about the origin of Oesmer which is really not a familiar name. But I really don\u2019t know where it came from and what it means.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>You were studying your bachelor\u2019s degree in Mathematics (presumably this was in the lower campus of UPLB) when you joined the UP Varrons. How did you end up joining the forestry chapter? How were you recruited? Any memorable\/enjoyable moments that you treasure being a member?<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nI was a BSFPE (Forest Products Engineering) student when I learned about the UP Varrons. The members were very nice and helpful to our block. ( I think all org members are the same when they want to recruit you. Hahaha!)<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Jean in sisterhood bonding\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upvarrons.org\/Images\/Jean-Che-Cion-Mitz.jpg?resize=450%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jean in sisterhood bonding\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sisterhood bonding. Jean with (from right) Manuela 'Mitz' Panol-Cortez (Batch '65), Asuncion 'Cion' Karganilla-Raymundo (Varronettes '63), and Rachel 'Che' Aquino (Batch '84)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I noticed them always singing in their <em>tambayan<\/em> with <em>Kuya<\/em> Dennis Tobias (Survivors &#8217;78) playing the guitar and it\u2019s always been a pleasure to talk to the very witty <em>Kuya<\/em> <a href=\"varrons_interviews_AntonioContreras.html\">Tonton Contreras<\/a> (Survivors &#8217;78), the president when I joined the organization and the other members of course. I was an active member only for a year because of my shifting to the BS Applied Math program but I do have memorable moments with UP Varrons as an applicant and as a member. The finals was soooooo hard! Didn\u2019t think I\u2019ll be able to finish it but I did. I enjoyed the meetings, the discussions, the finals and the bonding moments. What I treasure about UPV is it opened my eyes to the other realities in life which I was not aware of before I entered the org. It developed in me a stronger sense of nationalism and service to our <em>kababayan<\/em> that\u2019s why I haven\u2019t thought of migrating.<\/p>\n<table width=\"350px\" border=\"1\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Some of Jean&#8217;s Academic positions and awards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deputy Director of the Instiute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSP)<\/li>\n<li>Coordinator for Instruction, College of Arts and Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Chair, Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Assistant to the Chancellor, University of the Philippines Los Ba\u00f1os in 2003 &#8211; 2005<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding Young Scientist Award, Philippine National Academy of Sciences and Technology<\/li>\n<li>Research Fellow at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Loyola (Batch &#8220;Age Doesn&#8217;t Matter&#8221;) is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics, University of the Philippines Los Ba\u00f1os. 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