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Jorge M. López
Jorge M. López
Born(buscar)
Died2021
Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico
NationalityPuerto Rican
Alma mater
OccupationMathematician
Known for
  • Realistic Mathematics Education
SpouseAileen Velazquez
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsDepartment of Mathematics, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Theses
  • (PhD) Fatou-Zygmund Properties on Groups  (1975)
  • (BA) Integration over Locally Compact Spaces and Haar Measure
Doctoral advisorKenneth A. Ross
Other academic advisorsLarry Edison (BA thesis)

Jorge Marcial López Fernández ( (buscar)-2021) was a mathematician and mathematics educator. He directed several master theses as faculty at the Department of Mathematics, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus which he chaired. Later he became an advocate for the Realistic Mathematics Education movement in Puerto Rico organizing influential projects in high school mathematics education and publishing in academic journals.


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List of Reed College people



Category:1939 births Category:Puerto Rican mathematicians Category:University of Puerto Rico faculty