I really enjoy learning and sharing math with others. My goal is to become a mathematics professor who pursues research and teaching in a way that excites students. I’m especially interested in making math more accessible and personal.
A dream of mine is to write a book that looks at interesting topological and combinatorial phenomena in Hawaiian culture, including lauhala weaving and konane strategy. Ideally, it would be illustrated with a similar style to one of my previous math-art projects, shown below, but have the same rigor as an undergraduate-level text.
“Jonah Yoshida’s project is a pencil-and-paper infographic on graph theory. He says “I conceived of the idea when reading about how Arthur Cayley used trees to represent structures of hydrocarbons with n carbon atoms and 2n+2 hydrogen atoms. The entire structure imitates one of these hydrocarbons, ethane (n=2), and a unique application of graph theory is included inside each atom. I divided the page into two sections so that the hydrogens bonded to the left carbon contain puzzles and fun applications of graph theory, while the ones bonded to the right hydrogen focus more on direct applications, much like our brains’ left and right hemispheres.” For example, the Four Color Theorem (a fun application of graph theory to coloring maps and an longstanding research question) appears on the left, while the right side includes applications of graphs to computer science (neural networks and spanning trees) and electrical engineering (circuit diagrams). The judges appreciated the ingenious design concept of this graphic, which underscores the universality and interdisciplinary spirit of graph theory. The words and imagery combine history, math, chemistry, and psychology, and the questions in the small text boxes invite the reader to do some research of their own.” -National Museum of Mathematics
Teaching Assistant
- Cota-Robles Fellowship (UCLA)
- Ma1b, FSRI Math (Caltech)
DRP Students
- Abree Garcia: Linear Algebra (WI 2026) and Discrete Differential Geometry (FA 2025)
- Max Mendoza: Categorical Systems Theory (FA 2025)
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