Dr. Jesus Pascal

Assistant Professor
School of Arts and Sciences

Educational Background:

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Dr. Pascal was born in Venezuela where he has taught mathematics at the college level for many years. He has also taught mathematics at Louisiana State University in the United States. He is interested in the use of computer packages as a tool to effectively teach mathematics at undergraduate level. He is continuing his research work in Optimal Control Theory to contribute to the research atmosphere of the School of Arts and Science at the American University of Nigeria.

Previous Posts:

Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University, USA.
Decano, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Director, Departmento de Matematicas, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Professor of Mathematics, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad del Zulia.
High School Teacher, Udon Perez High School, Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Research Interests:

Optimal Control Theory and Deterministic and Stochastic Control
Problems using the Dynamic Programming equation, also called the Hamilton Jacobi Bellman equation.
Stochastic Analysis and its applications in Finance.

Selected Publications - Books:

Analisis Real: una introduccion. Editorial Universitaria, Universidad del Zulia, 1989, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Selected Research Papers:

"Un Teorema para la Estabilidad Estructural de Sistemas Dinamicos". CIENCIAS, Vol 1, No 1, 1984, Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
"Control Optimo Determinista Via Programacion Dinamica" with G. Ferreyra, Divulgaciones Matematicas, Vol 7, No 2, 1999. Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
"Piecewise C2 Viscosity Solutions for Stochastic Singular Control", With G. Ferreyra and J. R. Dorroh. Divulgaciones Matematicas Vol 9, No 2, 2001. Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
"On the Hamilton Jacobi Bellman Equation for a Deterministic Optimal Control Problem" With Betsi Tirado. CIENCIA, Vol 10, No 1, 2002, Revista Universidad del Zulia, Maracaibo, Venezuela.
"A one dimensional Deterministic Free Boundary Problem", With Guillermo Ferreyra, Vol 10, No 2, 2002. Divulgaciones Matematicas, Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela.
"Computing the Value Function for a Control Problem", With C. Galindez, Vol 13, No 1, 2005. Divulgaciones Matematicas, Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Selected Affiliations

American Mathematical Society (AMS)
Sociedad Matematica Venezolana (SMV)

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