Renz Jimwel Mina

Assistant Professor

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of the Philippines Baguio

Email address: rsmina1@up.edu.ph
Contact Number: +63 96 7541-8387
Research Interest/Discipline: elliptic curves, Diophantine equations, number theory
Scopus ID: 57210589572
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2376-5252

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Education

PhD Mathematics
University of the Philippines Baguio
Dissertation Title: Ranks of elliptic curves and the θ-congruent number problem
2023
MS Mathematics
University of the Philippines Baguio
Thesis Title: On exponential Diophantine equations of the form px+qy=zn
2020
BS Mathematics, cum laude
University of the Philippines Baguio
2017

Work Experience

Assistant Professor
University of the Philippines Baguio
September 2023 - Present
Special Science Teacher
Unzad National High School, Villasis, Pangasinan
November 2017 - May 2020

Other Designations/Committees

Member, Socials Committee
September 2023- Present
Member, PhD by Research Committee
September 2023- Present
NSTP Facilitator
A.Y. 2023-2024

Publications

Articles
  1. Mina, R. J. S., & Bacani, J. B. (2023). On nonsolvability of exponential Diophantine equations via transformation to elliptic curves. Italian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 49, 196-205. link
  2. Mina, R. J. S., & Bacani, J. B. (2023). On the Diophantine Equation px + (p + 5)y = z2, where p is Odd Prime. Thai Journal of Mathematics, 21(1), 67-75. link
  3. Mina, R. J. S., & Bacani, J. B. (2023). Elliptic Curves of Type y2 = x3 - 3pqx Having Ranks Zero and One. Malaysian Journal of Mathematical Sciences, 17(1), 67-76. link
  4. Mina, R. J. S., & Bacani, J. B. (2021). On the solutions of the Diophantine equation px+(p+ 4k)y= z2 for prime pairs p and p+ 4k. European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 14(2), 471-479. link
  5. Mina, R. J. S., & Bacani, J. B. (2021). On a Diophantine Equation of Type px+ qy= z3. Konuralp Journal of Mathematics, 10(1), 55-58. link
Book Chapter
  1. Mina, R. J. S., & Bacani, J. B. (2023). Families of Mordell Curves with Non-trivial Torsion and Rank of at Least Three. In Mathematics and Computing: ICMC 2022, Vellore, India, January 6–8 (pp. 155-162). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. link
Conference Proceedings
  1. Mina, R. J. S., & Addawe, R. C. (2022). A social network analysis of COVID-19 transmission in Rosales, Pangasinan, Philippines. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2472, No. 1, p. 050018). AIP Publishing LLC. link

Research Presentations in Conferences

International
Title: Introduction to Elliptic Curves and the Congruent Number Problem and its Variants
Conference: Kanazawa University - University of the Philippines Baguio Joint Seminar on Mathematics
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio (Online)
February 08, 2022
Title: Families of Mordell curves with Non-trivial Torsion and Rank of at Least Three
Conference: 8th International Conference on Mathematics and Computing
Venue: Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India (Online)
January 06-08, 2022
Title: A Social Network Analysis of COVID-19 Transmission in Rosales, Pangasinan, Philippines
Conference: 5th Innovation and Analytics Conference & Exhibition
Venue: Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia (Online)
November 23-24, 2021
Title: Non-existence of solutions of Diophantine equations of the Form px+qy=z2n
Conference: 4th International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Statistics 2019
Venue: Ombak Villa, Langkawi Island, Malaysia
April 23-24, 2019
National
Title: Selmer groups corresponding to 2-isogenies of θ-congruent number elliptic curves
Conference: IMath Webinar Series
Venue: University of the Philippines Diliman (Online)
October 23, 2023
Title: Infinitely many non-θ-congruent numbers for non-special angles θ
Conference: 50th Mathematical Society of the Philippines Annual Convention
Venue: Ateneo de Manila University
June 1-4, 2023
Title: On the exponential Diophantine equation 3x+by=(b+1)z
Conference: 40th Annual Scientific Meeting, National Academy of Science and Technology
Venue: The Manila Hotel, Manila
July 11-12, 2018
Title: On a Diophantine equation of type px+qy=z3
Conference: 45th Mathematical Society of the Philippines Annual Convention
Venue: Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga
July 11-12, 2018
Title: The solutions of the Diophantine equation Mpx+Mqy=z2 where Mp and Mq are consecutive Mersenne primes
Conference: 2018 NRCP Annual Scientific Conference and 85th General Assembly
Venue: PICC, Pasay City
March 14, 2018
Title: The solutions of the Diophantine equation px+qy=z2 for cousin primes p and q and nonnegative integers x and y
Conference: 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, National Academy of Science and Technology
Venue: The Manila Hotel, Manila
July 12-13, 2017
Local
Title: Mordell curves with 'moderate' rank
Conference: DMCS Graduate Colloquium
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio
April 18, 2023
Title: The rank of elliptic curve y2=x3-3pqx
Conference: 2nd Regional Graduate Student Research Virtual Conference
Venue: University of the Cordilleras
March 31, 2023
Title: Non-π/3-Congruent Numbers
Conference: DMCS Graduate Colloquium
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio
January, 5 2013
Title: Solving Diophantine Equations of the Form px+(p+a)y=z2 where p is Prime
Conference: DMCS Graduate Colloquium
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio
August 20, 2021
Title: Non-existence of solutions of Diophantine equations of type px+qy=zn
Conference: DMCS Midyear School V: Graduate Research
Venue: University of the Philippines Baguio
July 17-19, 2019

Public Service

Judge
Mathematics Investigation Problem-based
Division Mathematics and Science Festival
Schools Division of Benguet, Buyagan Elementary School
November 10, 2013

Participation in Conferences/Trainings

CIMPA 2023 Introduction to Galois representations and modular forms and their computational aspects
Venue: Institute of Mathematics, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines
January 09-20, 2023
Sab-atan 2021: International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Applications
Venue: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of the Philippines Baguio, Philippines (Online)
November 24-26, 2021

Teaching

Math 53 (Elementary Analysis I) Section CG2 Google Classroom
Math 53 (Elementary Analysis I) Section BF1 Google Classroom
Math 121 (Algebraic Structures II) Section Y Google Classroom
Math 123 (Elementary Theory of Numbers) Section S Google Classroom
1st Semester, A.Y. 2023-2024