Biography:Paolo Aluffi
Paolo Aluffi | |
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| Born | June 14, 1960 Turin, Italy |
| Known for | Algebra: Chapter 0 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Thesis | On Some Characteristic Numbers for Smooth Plane Curves (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Fulton |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Sub-discipline | Algebraic geometry |
| Institutions | University of Chicago (1987-9) Oklahoma State University (1989-91) Florida State University (1991-present) |
| Website | www |
Paolo Aluffi is an Italian-American mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry who is most known for his book Algebra: Chapter 0. His research primarily focuses on characteristic classes. Throughout his career Aluffi has received funding from the Simons Foundation and the National Security Agency.[1] He is currently a distinguished research professor at Florida State University and serves as managing editor for the Journal of Singularities.[2]
Education
In 1983, Aluffi received his first degree in mathematics from the University of Turin in Italy. Four years later he completed his Ph.D. at Brown University.[1] His dissertation, On Some Characteristic Numbers for Smooth Plane Curves, was written under supervisor William Fulton.[3]
Career
With the completion of his Ph.D. in 1987, Aluffi spent two years as a Dickson Instructor at the University of Chicago followed by another two years as a visiting assistant professor at Oklahoma State University. He moved to Florida State University as an assistant professor in 1991 where he became a full professor by 2000.[4]
At Florida State University Aluffi wrote Algebra: Chapter 0, a graduate-level abstract algebra textbook published by the American Mathematical Society.[5] The book is an edited compilation of transcripts from his abstract algebra lectures.[6] It received positive reviews and is the textbook of choice for a number of universities.[7] In 2021, Aluffi published another abstract algebra book aimed at undergraduate students. What separates Aluffi's books from most abstract algebra texts is the ordering of the material. Aluffi takes a modern "ring-first" approach as opposed to the standard "group-first" approach.[8] The idea is that someone with no knowledge of abstract algebra will find it easier to learn about rings as they are already comfortable with the ring of integers.[9]
Selected publications
- Aluffi, Paolo (2009). Algebra: Chapter 0. Providence, R.I: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4781-7. https://bookstore.ams.org/gsm-104/.
- Aluffi, Paolo (2021). Algebra: Notes from the Underground. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108958233.
- Aluffi, Paolo (1999). "Chern classes for singular hypersurfaces" (in en). Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 351 (10): 3989–4026. doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02256-4. ISSN 0002-9947. https://www.ams.org/journals/tran/1999-351-10/S0002-9947-99-02256-4/. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Paolo Aluffi". https://www.math.fsu.edu/~aluffi/ps+pdfs/NewCV.pdf.
- ↑ Haughney, Kathleen (25 April 2024). "FSU names four faculty distinguished research professor". https://news.fsu.edu/news/university-news/2024/04/25/fsu-names-four-faculty-distinguished-research-professor/.
- ↑ Paolo Aluffi at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Entry at ORCID
- ↑ Aluffi, Paolo (15 July 2009). "Algebra: Chapter 0" (in en). https://www.ams.org/books/gsm/104/.
- ↑ Aluffi, Paolo (2009) (in en). Algebra: Chapter 0 (First ed.). Providence (R.I.): American Mathematical Society. p. xviii. ISBN 978-0-8218-4781-7.
- ↑ Berg, Michael (17 September 2009). "MAA Reviews Algebra: Chapter 0". Mathematical Association of America. https://old.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/algebra-chapter-0.
- ↑ Aluffi, Paolo (2021). "Algebra: Notes from the Underground" (in en). Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/mathematics/algebra/algebra-notes-underground?format=PB.
- ↑ Toller, Owen (November 2023). "Algebra, notes from the underground by Paolo Aluffi". The Mathematical Gazette (Cambridge University Press) 107 (570): 562–563. doi:10.1017/mag.2023.131. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/mathematical-gazette/article/algebra-notes-from-the-underground-by-paolo-aluffi-pp-488-2999-paper-isbn-9781108958233-cambridge-university-press-2021/75255C33843681F8CE8F1EF0B9748791.
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