Jorge Soto-Andrade

Jorge Soto-Andrade is a professor of mathematics at the Universidad de Chile., and associate researcher of the Center for Advanced Research in Education of Chilehttps://www.ciae.uchile.cl/. He is an interdisciplinary scholar that has contributed in several areas including pure mathematics, systems biologyLetelier, Juan-Carlos, et al. "Organizational invariance and metabolic closure: analysis in terms of (M, R) systems." Journal of theoretical biology 238.4 (2006): 949-961., cognitive science (where he collaborate extensively with Francisco VarelaSoto-Andrade, Jorge, and Francisco J. Varela. "Self-reference and fixed points: a discussion and an extension of Lawvere's theorem." Acta Applicandae Mathematica 2.1 (1984): 1-19.), and didactics of mathematicsSoto-Andrade, J. (2018). Enactive metaphorising in the learning of mathematics. In Invited lectures from the 13th international congress on mathematical education (pp. 619-637). Springer, Cham. He is an advocate of enactivism and metaphorization, and has been a significant figure in the development of Mathematics in Chile. It is remarkable is that he has collaborated with more than 50 scholars, some of them well-known such as Athel Cornish-Bowden and Francisco Varela, but also that he has contributed with a significant part of the researchers dedicated to mathematics education in Chile since the 90s. Therefore, his influence in Chilean academia is profound, for which he has been hommaged several times
==Short biography==
Obtaibned a B.Sc. in mathematics at the University of Chile in 1967. He received two Doctorates in Mathematics from the University of Paris University of Paris-Sud in 1970 and 1975 respectively.
He is Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematics Department of the Faculty of Science and Associate Researcher at the Institute of Advanced Study in Education of the University of Chile. 
==Contributions==
===Mathematics===
He made significant contributions in Representation theoryPantoja, J., & Soto-Andrade, J. (2009). Bruhat presentations for∗-classical groups. Communications in Algebra®, 37(11), 4170-4191.
 Generalized Weil representations for SL (n, k), n odd, ka finite field. New Developments in Lie Theory and Their Applications, 199-206. as well as in stochastic processesSoto-Andrade, J. (1992). Harmonic Analysis of Random Walks on the Daisy Library Graph. Harmonic Analysis and Discrete Potential Theory, 223-232.
===Systems Biology and Cognition===
He has worked in the theory of autopoiesis and self-reference with Francisco Varela (one of the founders of the theory of Autopoiesis toegether with Humberto Maturana) Soto-Andrade, J., & Varela, F. J. (1984). Self-reference and fixed points: a discussion and an extension of Lawvere's theorem. Acta Applicandae Mathematica, 2, 1-19. as well as in neurophenomenologySoto-Andrade, J., & Varela, F. J. (1991). On mental rotations and cortical activity patterns A linear representation is still wanted. Biological cybernetics, 64(3), 221-223.. He has produced as well various advances for interfacing Autopoiesis, (M,R) systems and anticipatory systems developed by Robert Rosen (biologist), and other system biological frameworksLetelier, J. C., Soto-Andrade, J., Abarzúa, F. G., Cornish-Bowden, A., & Cárdenas, M. L. (2006). Organizational invariance and metabolic closure: analysis in terms of (M, R) systems. Journal of theoretical biology, 238(4), 949-961.Cárdenas, M. L., Letelier, J. C., Gutierrez, C., Cornish-Bowden, A., & Soto-Andrade, J. (2010). Closure to efficient causation, computability and artificial life. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 263(1), 79-92. Cornish‐Bowden, A., Cárdenas, M. L., Letelier, J. C., & Soto‐Andrade, J. (2007). Beyond reductionism: metabolic circularity as a guiding vision for a real biology of systems. Proteomics, 7(6), 839-845.. He also made some contributions to neurophenomenology 
==Metaphors and Didactic of Mathematics==
He has produced several connections between metaphoric reasoning and mathematical thinkingSoto-Andrade, J. (2020). Metaphors in mathematics education. Encyclopedia of mathematics education, 619-625.Díaz-Rojas, D., Soto-Andrade, J., & Videla, R. (2021). Authors’ Response: Fathoming the Enactive Metaphorizing Elephant in the Dark…. Constructivist Foundations, 16(3), 289-294. Araya, R., Calfucura, P., Jiménez, A., Aguirre, C., Palavicino, M. A., Lacourly, N., ... & Dartnell, P. (2010). The effect of analogies on learning to solve algebraic equations. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 5(3), 216-232. and has combined or made synergetic such research with his work in cognitive and systems biology in a number of applications related to enaction and STEAM educationSoto-Andrade, J. (2018). Enactive metaphorising in the learning of mathematics. In Invited lectures from the 13th international congress on mathematical education (pp. 619-637). Springer International Publishing.Soto-Andrade, J., & Yáñez-Aburto, A. (2019). Acknowledging the Ouroboros: An Enactivist and Metaphoric Approach to Problem Posing and Problem Solving. Problem Solving in Mathematics Instruction and Teacher Professional Development, 67-85.
==Relation to eastern philosophy==
He has been involved in zen meditation and connected his research with eastern philosophySOTO-ANDRADE, J., SUN, D., DIAZ-ROJAS, D., & VALDES-ZORRILLA, A. (2022). RANDOM WALKS IN THE HISTORY AND EPISTEMOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS. History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education, 347., being an expert in buddhist and sufi philosophies and a zen meditation practitioner.
Category:1945 births
Category:Chilean people
Category:People from Santiago Province, Chile
Category:Professors