Alberto Collino (1947 – 12 September 2020) was an Italian

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best known for his contributions in the field of

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. Collino was born in

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, earned a laurea in mathematics in 1970 from the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

, and completed a Ph.D. in 1974 at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

. His dissertation, ''The Rational Equivalence Ring of Symmetric Products of Curves'', was supervised by

Arthur Mattuck Arthur Paul Mattuck (June 11, 1930 – October 8, 2021) was an emeritus professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He may be best known for his 1998 book, ''Introduction to Analysis'' () and his differential equations ...

. He spent his professional career at the University of Turin, beginning as an assistant in 1970 and becoming a full professor in 1984. He died in

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