A WORLD OF

BIZARRE THINGS

APPLIED
MATHEMATICS
JOMAR FAJARDO RABAJANTE
Instructor in Mathematics, IMSP, UPLB
BIZARRE OR BORING?
IS MATH DIFFICULT???
IS MATH DIFFICULT???
 IT IS IN OUR HANDS
We have the power to make Maths exciting…
Maths is not only for the ABNORMAL!
 THE TRANSFORMERS
Sam – skateboarder
From geeky maths and mathematician
to cool maths

Barbara Meier
Germany's Next Topmodel
 IT IS IN OUR HANDS

Math is not only about speed or

winning quiz bees…

Math is more than that!!!

In addition, Mathematics teaches
patience, discipline, and step-by-
step problem-solving skills.
THE TRANSFORMERS
THE TRANSFORMERS
THE TRANSFORMERS
THE TRANSFORMERS
THE TRANSFORMERS
 THE TRANSFORMERS
After leaving The Wonder Years, she
earned a Bachelor of Science in
Mathematics at the University of
California at Los Angeles and proved
her own theorem, Percolation and
Gibbs states multiplicity for
ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller models
on Z-squared.
More recently, she authored two
books, Math Doesn’t Suck and Kiss
My Math that explain math concepts
to teenage girls.

hottest female
mathematician in history
 THE TRANSFORMERS
???
From “emo”
Paul Erdös
to a Bill Hart Robert Moses

HAPPY Paul
Erdös
MINDSET MATTERS
Definitely Math is not boring…
 A WORLD OF
BIZARRE THINGS

APPLIED
MATHEMATICS
 MY RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Operations Research/Management Science

• Computational Biomodeling and

Biomathematics

• Social Computing

• Numerical Analysis
 Management Science
• Analyze business condition
• Improve marketing strategies and human
resource handling
• Forecast future business values
• Optimize resources (combinatorial optimization)
• Quantify decision-making

The Uninsurable Social

Class? A Marketing Stance
 BIOMATH
• Computational bee ecology (e.g. foraging behavior)
• Control of Epidemics
• Biochemical Systems
• Cancer cell proliferation
• Population dynamics and Evolutionary modeling
 Social Computing
• Social Network Analysis
• Control of Rumor Spread
• Decision Analysis
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IN1 C2 K1 OUT2
P1
R2 C3
P1LTP2B OUT3
BACK1 C4 P1NB

OUT4 K2
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IN2 C6 OUT5
P2 R4

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Let R(t) be Romeo’s ardor for Juliet, J(t) be Juliet’s ardor for Romeo

dR/dt = aJ
dJ/dt = bR
 Numerical Analysis

5 4 3
y x 2x 3x 5x 5
Using MS Excel
Iter Approx Root Computation
0 -2 -1.4
1 -1.4 -1.4951014
2 -1.495101404 -1.49074816
3 -1.490748158 -1.49074039
4 -1.490740389 -1.49074039
5 -1.490740389 -1.49074039
6 -1.490740389 -1.49074039
7 -1.490740389 -1.49074039
Newton’s 8 -1.490740389 -1.49074039
Method 9 -1.490740389 -1.49074039
A Numerical Method
10 -1.490740389 -1.49074039
Application: Image Processing
Spatial Interpolation

Usually used in
Geographical
Information
Systems (GIS)
 3 2
x(t ) 10t 45t 46t 10
7 3 17 2 25
y(t ) t t t 1
3 2 6
WHY MATH?

Mathematics is a study of abstract

patterns.
There is an enjoyment involved in
discovering non-obvious aspects of
complex patterns.

From Department of Mathematics, NUI

Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
WHY MATH?

Understanding abstract mathematical equation

leads to understanding of different
phenomena.

The world needs graduates with mathematical

skills to fill positions that require mathematics
or the ability to analyze problems logically.

From Department of Mathematics, NUI

Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.