Donal O'Shea is a Canadian

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, who is also noted for his bestselling books. He served as the fifth president of New College of Florida in

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, from July 1, 2012, until June 30, 2021. He was succeeded by Patricia Okker on July 1, 2021. 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. O'Shea graduated with a

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from

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, and received a

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in mathematics from Queen's University in

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in 1981; his thesis, titled ''On μ-Equivalent Families of Singularities'', was written under the direction of Albert John Coleman.

Bibliography

Some of his best known books are: * ''The Poincaré Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the Universe'' The book has consistently received good reviews. * 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.

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* http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/oshea-donal-donal-b-oshea * {{DEFAULTSORT:OShea, Donal Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 20th-century Canadian mathematicians Mount Holyoke College faculty Harvard University alumni Presidents of New College of Florida Queen's University at Kingston alumni Algebraic geometers 21st-century Canadian mathematicians