Donal O'Shea
Canadian mathematician
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Donal B. O'Shea is a Canadian mathematician, who is also noted for his bestselling books.[3] He served as the fifth president of New College of Florida in Sarasota, from July 1, 2012, until June 30, 2021. He was succeeded by Patricia Okker on July 1, 2021.[4] Before coming to New College, he served in various roles at Mount Holyoke College, including professor of mathematics, dean of faculty, and vice president for academic affairs.[5][6]
- United States
- Canada
- Ireland
- Harvard College (B.Sc.)
- Queen's University at Kingston (M.Sc., Ph.D.)
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O'Shea graduated with a B.Sc. from Harvard College,[6] and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1981; his thesis, titled On μ-Equivalent Families of Singularities, was written under the direction of Albert John Coleman.[7]
Bibliography
Some of his best known books are:[8]
- The Poincaré Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the Universe.[9]
The book has consistently received good reviews.[10][11]
- David A. Cox, John Little, and Donal O'Shea: Using algebraic geometry, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 185, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
- David A. Cox, John Little, and Donal O'Shea: Ideals, varieties, and algorithms: an introduction to computational algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, 3rd. edition, Springer Verlag, 2007.